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Ipomoea wightii

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Wallich) Choisy

Common Names

• Ichuruga Mpafu (Kipare-Gonja)
• Bobobidrdr (Kilendu)
• Bulamo (Likimi)
• Molobuba (Babua)
• Ndokeli (Azande)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Burundi
• Central African Republic
• Ethiopia
• India
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Somalia
• Cape Provinces
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Bushland
• forest
• montane areas
• treed savanna
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Nov

Twining villous herbaceous perennial vine to 4.5m with hirsute stems. 3-lobed leaves hairy above white tomentose beneath 120mm x 90mm, lower leaves with toothed edges woolly & rusty above, white tomentose beneath. Cymes with hairy bracts to 12mm long, hairy pink outside flowers, hairy purple inside, hairy calyx, sepals to 15mm x 4mm, rose-red corolla 40mm x 40mm. Green downy capsule to 8mm diameter.

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• FOTA
• Kew
• Merremia