Ipomoea pileata Roxb.

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Synonyms:	Ipomoea involucrata sensu Hall
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Status:	Native
Description:	Annual or perennial twining herb, growing from a thick taproot. Stems up to 3 m long, pubescent. Leaves ovate, up to 12.5 × 10 cm, cordate at the base, pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers funnel-shaped, white to pink, often darker in the very narrow tube, in heads arising from a distinct boat-shaped bract. Capsule ovoid, hairless. See the similar I. involucrata for comparison, which also has boat-shaped bracts subtending the flowers. That species has larger flowers with a wider corolla tube and acute sepals.
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Habitat:	Along forest margins, in woodland and grassland, on road sides and a weed of cultivation, often on rocky or sandy soils
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Worldwide distribution:	Widespread in Tropical Africa, northern South Africa, Mascarene islands and from India to China
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Literature:	Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 48. Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 76 - 78. (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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 43. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 50. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 72.

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