Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
StictocardiadiscolorOoststr., Blumea 5 (1943) 350.
Synonyms:
Ipomoea pulchra Blume var. Bijdr. (1825) 716.
Stictocardia pulchra Hallierf., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5 (1897) 380.
Description
Habit:
Stems twining, thin, slender, sparsely pubescent or glabrous.
Leaves:
Leaves ovate, 8-15 by 4-7½ cm, base deeply cordate, apex acuminate, with long and narrow, obtuse or acutish, mucronulate acumen, sparsely and minutely pubescent on both sides, more densely on the nerves beneath , or nearly glabrous; lower surface reddish; nerves 7- 10 on either side of the midrib; petiole 4-7 cm.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescences axillary, 1-2-flowered; peduncle thin, 2-5 cm
long, sparsely pubescent or nearly glabrous. Pedicels longer than the calyx, slender, 15- 30 mm. Bracts minute, caducous.
Flowers:
Sepals subequal, 9-11 mm long, the outer ones orbicular to broadly elliptic, rounded at the apex, sparsely pubescent outside, shortly ciliate in the upper part; interior ones broadly elliptic. Corolla funnel-shaped, probably 6- 8 cm long; midpetaline bands sparsely pilose outside and with minute black glands, or glabrous.
Fruits:
Capsule unknown.
References:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution:
Lesser Sunda Islands (Timor).
References:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.
Other information
General comments:
The species can be distinguishedfrom S. tiliifolia mainly by the much more slender stems and peduncles, the smaller flowers and the long acuminate leaf-blades with a red lowersurface.
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
Esmond Er
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