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Ipomoea tenuirostris
Ipomoea tenuirostris
- Botanic Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Author
- Choisy
Common Names
- Ikundumbavala (Kisafwa)
- Mbawala (Kisafwa)
- Agahururu
- Muhurira
- Muhoruru
- Umuhandashi
- Umuhurura (Kinyaruanda)
- Hihulula
- Muhulula (Bashi)
- Kandule (Kanioka). Mbohamboha Muke (Kinande)
- Murandagashi
- Ngoroore (Kihunde)
- Ngoraore (Kindandi)
- Ngoraroorwe (Bohunde)
- Dengelenge (Babua)
- Umutegafulu (Kirundi)
Geographical Habitats
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Congo
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Guinea
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Natural Habitats
- Riverside
- montane areas
- savanna
- forest remnants
- disturbed areas
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Perennial twining climber or prostrate herb to 3, with purple hairy stems. Hairy mucronate leaves to 120mm x 75mm. Axillary 1-7 flowered cymes with hairy bracts 3mm long, purple flowers, hairy calyx, villous sepals 10mm x 2.5mm, white or pink corolla with 5 pilose bands outside 35mm long, purple throat 25mm long. Glabrous beaked capsule to 7mm diameter surmounted by persistent style.
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