Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea

Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult.

First published in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 251 (1819)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropics. It is a scrambling subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food, a poison and a medicine and for fuel and food.

Descriptions

Convolvulaceae, Maria Leonor Gonçalves. Flora Zambesiaca 8:1. 1987

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb, much resembling I. pes-caprae (52).
Morphology Stem
Stems prostrate or sometimes twining, thick, terete or angular.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf lamina circular to reniform shaped, 3·5–7 × 3·5–8·5 cm., rounded at the apex, sometimes emarginate, mucronulate, cordate at the base with rounded lobes, glabrous, subcoriaceous; petiole 3–8·5 cm. long, rather thick with a deep longitudinal groove above, smooth or minutely muricated inflorescences axillary, often together with an axillary leaf shoot, cymosely 1-few-flowered; peduncle 2–5 cm. long; bracts ovate, minute; pedicels 1·5–3 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals unequal, all elliptic-oblong, obtuse, mucronulate; inner ones 811 mm. long; outer ones shorter, 5–8 mm. long, more or less muricate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla funnel-shaped, red-purple, up to 6·5 cm. long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule globose, glabrous, as large as a pea.
[FZ]

Convolvulaceae, H. Heine. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
A glabrous perennial, trailing; with hollow stems
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Large red-purple flowers.
[FWTA]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Caribbean. Elevation range: 12–12 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Córdoba.
Habit
Climbing.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 12 m.; Llanura del Caribe.
Morphology General Habit
Trepadora
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Uses

Use Animal Food
Used as animal food.
Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
Use Social
Social uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

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  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

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