1. Home
2. Ipomoea ochracea

Ipomoea ochracea

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Lindley) G. Don

Propagation

S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde Islands
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Congo
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• savanna
• disturbed forest
• riverside
• gallery forest

Flowering Times

• Aug (Guinea)

Fruiting Times

Slightly woody pilose perennial twiner or prostrate herb to 1.5m with sparsely hairy stems. Leaves glabrescent or [pubescent above but with some hairs on veins or pilose beneath to 90mm x 65mm. Axillary 1 to many-flowered cymes ordichasias with minute bracts of 50mm pale yellow-orange flowers with reddish-purple centre 40mm long, downy calyx 6mm long, sepals to 6mm x 3.7mm. Glabrous capsule to 16mmx 10mm with persistent style.

Further References

• Herklots 1976
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• Kew
• Merremia