Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet
var. cairica

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Leopard Rock Golf Course, Vumba

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Hillside Park, Harare

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Mukuvisi Woodland near dam on Chiraura

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Churchill Avenue, opposite Falmouth Road, Harare

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Description:	Perennial herb, growing from a tuberous rootstock. A prostrate creeper or twining into other vegetation. Leaves palmate with 5 to 7 lobes.
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Derivation of specific name:	cairica: from Cairo, Egypt
Habitat:	A common inhabitant of swampy grassland, riverine edges and roadsides, where it may cover extensive areas.
Flowering time:	Nov - Jul
Worldwide distribution:	Throughout tropical Africa; also from the eastern Mediterranean region through Asia to Taiwan
Botswana distribution:	SE
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Literature:	Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 122 - 171. (Includes a picture). Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 105 - 106. As Ipomoea cairica (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 263. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 36. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 49. as Ipomoea cairica

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Ipomoea cairica var. cairica
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ipomoea cairica var. cairica

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