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Ipomoea repanda

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Jacquin

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Liane Patate (Guadeloupe)
• Patate Grand Bois (Guadeloupe
• Martinique)
• Patate Rouge Bord de Mer (Guadeloupe)
• Capi (Dominica)
• Fleur Rouge Bois (Martinique)
• Bejuco Colorado

Geographical Habitats

• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Leeward Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• forest
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Nov-Jun (Windward Islands)
• All year (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Jun (Windward Islands)
• All year (Puerto Rico)

High-climbing semi-woody glabrous herbaceous twiner with tuberous roots, coriaceous mucronate puberulous or glabrous leaves to 110mm x 70mm, umbels or cymes with bracts, sepals to 7mm long, pink to cerise corolla to 55mm long with tube 30mm long & lobes to 20m long, brown beaked 4-valved capsule to 15mm long

Naturalized

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• Mobot
• CPC
• VOPR
• Kew
• SAFIO