Ipomoea hederifolia

Ipomoea hederifolia

Ipomoea hederifolia is a species of the genus of morning glories (Ipomoea ) from the family of wind plants ( Convolvulaceae ). The species is widespread in America, but introduced in other tropical areas.

Description

Ipomoea hederifolia is a slender, herbaceous, annual climbing plant that is hairy glabrous or only sparsely. The leaf blades are ovate to nearly circular and 2 to 15 cm long; they can also be five or siebenlappig entire, toothed, or rarely three-lobed. The base is heart-shaped, forward they are acute to acuminate.

The inflorescences are few to several flowers comprehensive cymes or single flowers. The sepals are oblong to elliptic, 1.5 to 3 mm long and blunted or truncated. The outer sepals are covered with a 1.6 up to 6 mm long awn. The crown is red or red - colored yellow and 2.5 to 4.5 mm long. The corolla tube has a diameter of 1 to 2 mm, the coronary band of 1.8 to 2.5 cm.

The fruits are nearly spherical, 6-8 mm in diameter the end caps. The seeds are dark brown or black, pear-shaped and usually have two lines short, dark trichomes on the back.

Dissemination

The species is distributed from the southern United States through Mexico and Central America to South America, as well as in the West Indies. It is used in Malaysia and Africa before introduced.