Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.
var. pes-tigridis

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Malilangwe Wildlife Reserve

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Tiger-foot morning-glory (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Prostrate or trailing annual or sometimes perennial. Stems up to 3 m, covered in long, yellowish bristly hairs. Leaves palmately-pedately 7-9-lobed, cordate at the base, thinly hairy on both surfaces. Flowers in few-flowered heads on long (up to 15 cm) peduncles. Corolla funnel-shaped, white, pink or purple with a darker throat. Capsule ovoid, glabrous.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	pes-tigridis: a tiger's foot, referring to the shape of the hairy leaves.
Habitat:	In savanna scrub, grassland, cultivated ground and forest margins.
Altitude range:	Up to 1050 m
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Worldwide distribution:	West and East Africa to South Africa, Mascarene Islands, Tropical Asia and Malaysia.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
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Literature:	Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 34. As Ipomoea pestigridis pestigridis Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 81 - 83. (Includes a picture). Heath, A. & Heath, R. (2009). Field Guide to the Plants of Northern Botswana including the Okavango Delta Kew Publishing Page 160. (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. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 55. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 50.

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