Derivation of specific name
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fourni par Flora of Zimbabwe
tricolor: 3-coloured
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- droit d’auteur
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- citation bibliographique
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ipomoea tricolor Cav. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148050
- auteur
- Mark Hyde
- auteur
- Bart Wursten
- auteur
- Petra Ballings
Description
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fourni par Flora of Zimbabwe
Herbaceous perennial climber. Stems twining, up to 3.5 m long. Leaves large, broadly ovate-heart-shaped, narrowly pointed at the apex. Inflorescences, axillary, few to many-flowered. Corolla funnel-shaped, 6-9 cm in diameter, usually blue with a white centre but many cultivars with other colours are known.
- licence
- cc-by-nc
- droit d’auteur
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- citation bibliographique
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ipomoea tricolor Cav. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148050
- auteur
- Mark Hyde
- auteur
- Bart Wursten
- auteur
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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fourni par Flora of Zimbabwe
Native to Mexico, Central America and tropical South America; introduced and naturalised elsewhere in the tropics
- licence
- cc-by-nc
- droit d’auteur
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- citation bibliographique
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ipomoea tricolor Cav. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148050
- auteur
- Mark Hyde
- auteur
- Bart Wursten
- auteur
- Petra Ballings
