Merremia bipinnatipartita
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Leaves and flower buds
13 Dec 2008
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Habit
13 Dec 2008
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Leaves and flower buds
21 Mar 2008
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Flower bud
21 Mar 2008
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Flower
21 Mar 2008
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Flower buds
21 Mar 2008
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Full name: | Merremia bipinnatipartita (Engl.) Hallier f. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Ipomoea bipinnatipartita Engl. |
| Status: | Endemic |
| Description: | Glabrous perennial herb with a tuberous rootstock. Stems procumbent, up to 2 m long, with rather long internodes, sparsely and minutely tuberculate as are petiole and rhachis of leaves. Leaves orbicular to broadly ovate in outline, 30-70 mm long and wide, bipinnatisect with 2 pairs of lateral leaflets and a terminal one; secondary lobes oblong or linear, usually obtuse but terminal one very acute, almost entire or with a few distant teeth to nearly pin-natisect; petiole up to 10 mm long. Peduncles as long as petioles, bearing slightly above middle ovate, 3-4 mm long bracteoles. Sepals obovate, subpuberulous, ±12 x 16 mm, subcoriaceous. Corolla funnel-shaped, with obtuse shallow lobes, ±50 mm long, 60-80 mm wide, glabrous, white or cream-coloured with purple, deep red or black centre; midpetaline zones with thicker nerves but not well defined. Capsule ellipsoid or obovoid, ±9 x 6 mm, glabrous, enclosed by calyx, 1-seeded. Seed ellipsoid, truncate at one end, 7 x 5 mm, glabrous. Flowering time February to May. (from JSTOR website / Flora of Southern Africa) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
