Species Descriptions

Argyreia philippinensis

Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Contributors:
Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Distribution:

Philippines (Luzon, Catanduanes Isl.).

Ecology:

In damp forests at low altitudes.

Editor:
Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals about equal in length, ca4 mm long; two outer ones ovate-elliptic; inner ones broader, all obtuse; outer ones with some scattered hairs on their middle portion or glabrous. Corolla tubular, ca 1½-2½ cm long, white; limb very shortly lobed; midpetaline bands with appressed hairs outside, for the rest glabrous. Dilated base of filaments with hairs along the margins. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled.
Fruits:
Fruit ovoid, ea 12 mm long, on a pedicel 5-8 mm long.
Habit:
Stems twining, terete, longitudinally wrinkled in dry state, very sparsely appressed-pilose, glabrescent, pale greyish-brown.
Inflorescences:
Peduncle axillary, short, ½-2 cm, cymosely branched at the apex, few-flowered. Pedicels 2½-5 mm, sparsely hairy. Bracts triangular, small, 1-2 mm long.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreiaphilippinensis(Merr.) Ooststr., Blumea 6 (1950) 341.

Leaves:
Leaves ovate to ovate-oblong, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 7½-12½ by (1½-)4-7 cm, rounded to truncate at the base, or in narrow leaves acute to cuneate; acuminate or attenuate towards the acute apex; glabrous on both sides except for a few scattered hairs, mainly along the nerves and especially beneath; nerves 5-7 on either side of the midrib; secondary nerves parallel; petiole 1½-6 cm, very sparsely pilose like the stems and the peduncles.
References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

Synonyms:

LettsomiaphilippinensisMerr., Philip. J. Sci. 26 (1925) 488.

Wed, 2012-05-30 03:44 -- Esmond
Argyreia nervosa

Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Contributors:
Common names and uses:
Areuj bohol kěboh, S, hojas de seda, sedang-dahon, Philip., elephant creeper, E.
Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Distribution:

Native in India from Assam andBengal to Belgaum and Mysore; cultivated in other tropical countries andoccasionally escaped.

Editor:
Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals equal in length or the inner ones slightly shorter, all densely whitish tomentose outside, glabrous inside. Two outer sepals broadly elliptic, obtuse or acutish, up to 15 mm long; three inner ones broadly elliptic to orbicular, obtuse, ca 10- 12 mm long. Corolla large, tubular to funnel-shaped, ca 6 cm long, pink-purple; limb shallowly lobed; midpetaline bands and tube with exception of the most basal part densely sericeo-lanate outside. Stamens and style included. Filaments pilose at the base. Ovary glabrous, 4-celled.
Fruits:
Fruit globose, apiculate, ca 2 cm diam., yellowish brown, nearly dry.
Habit:
Stems twining, up to 10m high, densely whitish or fulvous tomentose, containing a milky viscid juice (WIGHT).
Inflorescences:
Flowers in a subcapitate cyme at the end of a stout peduncle, this up to 20 cm long or longer, tomentose. Pedicels short, angular. Bracts large, ovate to oblong or elliptic, with long and narrow acumen, softly pilose outside, glabrous inside, 3½-5 cm long, caduceus.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreianervosa(Burm. f.) Boj., Hort. Maurit. (1837) 224.

Leaves:
Leaves large, ovate to orbicular, 10-30 cm or more by 8-25 cm or more, base deeply cordate, apex obtuse, acute or shortly cuspidate, mucronulate; upper surface glabrous or nearly so, lower surface densely white, greyish or fulvous sericeo-tomentose, shining; midrib and 11- 16 nerves on either side prominent beneath, minor nerves many, parallel; petiole shorter than or as long as the blade, tomentose.
References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

Synonyms:

Convolvulus nervosus Burm.f., Fl. Ind. (1768) 48.

Convolvulusspeciosus L.f., Suppl. (1781) 137.

Ipomoea speciosaPers.,Syn. Pl. 1 (1805) 183.

Lettsomianervosa Roxb.,Fl. Ind. 2 (1824) 78.

A. speciosa Sweet,Hort. Brit. (1827) 289.

Rivea nervosa Hallierf., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5 (1897)381.

Wed, 2012-05-30 03:41 -- Esmond
Argyreia sumbawana

Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Contributors:
General comments:

The shape of the sepals appearsto be rather variable. In the type specimen they are ovate-triangular toovate-oblong, in other collectionsthey are narrower.

Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Distribution:

Lesser Sunda Islands (Sumbawa).

Ecology:

The species has been collected in
dry thickets at 50 m and in open places at 500 m.

Editor:
Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals equal or the inner ones slightly shorter, outside densely pubescent, inside sparsely so to glabrous, two outer ones ovate-triangular, ovate-oblong, or oblong, obtuse, 5½-6½ mm long; sepal 3 narrowly elliptic to oblong, slightly oblique, 5½-6½ mm long; two inner sepals ovate to ovate-triangular, attenuate towards the obtuse apex, 5-6 mm long. Corolla tubular to funnel-shaped, ca 2½ cm long, pink to pale reddish purple; limb shallowly lobed, soon refiexed; midpetaline bands and upper portion of tube sericeous. Stamens and style exserted. Filaments densely pilose at the base. Ovary glabrous, 4-celled.
Fruits:
Fruit unknown.
Habit:
Stems twining, young parts densely appressed-pubescent to farinose, pale fulvous, adult parts farinose to glabrous.
Inflorescences:
Peduncle slender, exceeding the petiole, 3-11 cm, umbellately cymose at the apex, densely pubescent to farinose as are its branches and the pedicels. Pedicels 4-8 mm. Bracts minute, ovate-lanceolate, acute, densely pubescent outside, subglabrous inside, caduceus.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

ArgyreiasumbawanaOoststr., Blumea 5 (1943) 362.

Leaves:
Leaves ovate, 6- 13 by 3-8½ cm; base slightly emarginate to truncate or shortly attenuate into the petiole, apex shortly acuminate, acute, and mucronulate; upper surface densely appressed-sericeous, lower surface densely and shortly sericeo-tomentose, pale fulvous; midrib and 9- 14 lateral nerves on either side prominent beneath, slightly impressed above; petiole 2½-6 cm, densely and shortly pilose.
References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

Synonyms:

Rivea sumbawana Hallier f. in Elbert, Sunda-Exp. 2 (1912) 281, nom.nud.

Wed, 2012-05-30 03:37 -- Esmond
Argyreia walshae

Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Contributors:
Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Distribution:

Lesser Sunda Islands (Timor).

Ecology:

The type specimen has been
collected at 800 m; according to the collector, the species is rather frequent
in Timor.

Editor:
Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals subequal, broadly elliptic, obtuse, 6-8 mm long, outside tomentose, inside glabrous and brown. Corolla tubular to funnel-shaped, 2- 2¾ cm long, the limb shallowly lobed; midpetaline bands and upper portion of tube sericeous. Stamens and style slightly exserted; filaments pilose at the base. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled.
Fruits:
Fruit unknown.
Habit:
Stems twining, glabrous or sparsely short-pilose to farinose.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescences umbellately-cymose, 4-12(-20)-flowered; peduncle shorter than or as long as petiole, dirty white or greyish to fulvous tomentose as are the pedicels and the sepals outside. Pedicels 3-6 mm long, thickened at the apex. Bracts lanceolate to linear, tomentose beneath, glabrous above, caduceus.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

ArgyreiawalshaeOoststr., Blumea 5 (1943) 361.

Leaves:
Leaves broadly ovate or ovate, 5-16 by 2½-13 cm; base rounded or slightly emarginate, apex acute or slightly acuminate, mucronulate; upper surface sparsely appressed-pilose, glabrescent, lower surface densely pubescent to tomentose with short curled hairs; midrib and 9-12 lateral nerves on either side prominent beneath; petiole up to 10 cm long, shortly pubescent.
References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

Wed, 2012-05-30 03:34 -- Esmond
Argyreia nitida

Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Contributors:
General comments:

Closely related to A. mollis; differschiefly in the shape and size of the sepals with much shorter and moreappressed hairs. A. purpuricarpa Elm., based on fruiting specimens fromthe island of Palawan, seems to be identical.

Common names and uses:
Baging-kastίla, Tag., bulakan, bulalakan, P. Bis ..
Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Distribution:

Philippine Islands (Luzon, Culion,Panay, Palawan).

Ecology:

In thickets and secondary forests
at low and medium altitudes.

Editor:
Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals unequal in length ; two outer ones ca 12-18 mm long, oblong, acutish or obtusish, with more or less crisped margin, densely appressed-sericeo-tomentose outside, sparsely hairy near apex inside; sepal 3 falcate, ca 12 mm long; two inner sepals broad-ovate, acuminate, ca 9-10 mm long. Corolla funnel-shaped to campanulate, up to 8 cm long, pale purple with white throat; limb slightly lobed; midpetaline bands with long appressed hairs, connecting fields and basal portion of corolla glabrous. Stamens and style included; filaments pilose at the base. Ovary glabrous, 4-celled.
Fruits:
Fruit globular, purplish-red, at its base with the patent, enlarged concave sepals, which are purplish red inside.
Habit:
Stems twining, terete, appressed-hairy, glabrescent.
Inflorescences:
Peduncles axillary, very much shorter than leaves, 5- 10 mm long, densely appressed-pilose, 1-3-flowered. Pedicels much shorter than sepals, 4-6 mm. Bracts of lateral flowers lanceolate, 3-4 mm long.Sepals unequal in length ; two outer ones ca 12-18 mm long, oblong, acutish or obtusish, with more or less crisped margin, densely appressed-sericeo-tomentose outside, sparsely hairy near apex inside; sepal 3 falcate, ca 12 mm long; two inner sepals broad-ovate, acuminate, ca 9-10 mm long. Corolla funnel-shaped to campanulate, up to 8 cm long, pale purple with white throat; limb slightly lobed; midpetaline bands with long appressed hairs, connecting fields and basal portion of corolla glabrous. Stamens and style included; filaments pilose at the base. Ovary glabrous, 4-celled.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreianitida(Desr.) Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6 (1833) 424.

Leaves:
Leaves oblong, narrowly ovate, ovate, or elliptic, 6-12 by 2½-9 cm, rounded at the base, acute and mucronulate at the apex, appressed-sericeous on both sides, but much more densely beneath than above, and silvery shining; nerves about 6-8 on either side of midrib; petiole much shorter than blade, 6-40 mm.
References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

Seeds:
Seeds 4, ca 5 mm long, glabrous except the pilose hilum
Synonyms:

Convolvulusnitidus Desr.in Lam., Encycl. 3 (1791) 544.

A. purpuricarpaElm., Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1913) 1766.

Wed, 2012-05-30 03:29 -- Esmond
Argyreia reinwardtiana

Author:
Ooststroom, S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Contributors:
General comments:

The type of Ipomoea reinwardtianaBL. has the outer sepals acutish at the apex, in other specimens they aresometimes partly or all obtuse to rounded. It is not impossible that thespecimen from Timor mentioned by Choisy under A. setosa Choisy [Mém.Soc. Phys. Genève 6 (1833) 425; in DC. Prod. 9 (1845) 332] belongs to thisspecies [see Blumea 5 (1943) 361 ].

Author:
Ooststroom, S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Distribution:

Lesser Sunda Islands (Timor).

Ecology:

A specimen collected near Soë, S.
Middle Timor, was growing between limestone rocks at 850m.

Editor:
Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals unequal, outer ones longer than inner, with ± undulate margins; 2 outer ones ovate to orbicular, acutish to obtuse, (10-)15- 18 mm long, outside densely sericeous, sometimes less densely so towards the apex, inside glabrous or nearly so; sepal 3 narrow-elliptic to ovate, obtuse, (7-) 13 mm long; two inner sepals ovate-oblong, elliptic, or ovate, obtuse, (7-)8-9 mm long, densely whitish sericeous outside; sometimes with glabrous but ciliate margins; sepals enlarged in fruit, outer ones up to 20 mm long, red inside. Corolla funnel-shaped, ca 3-4½ cm long, purplish pink; limb shallowly lobed; midpetaline bands sericeous just as the upper portion of the tube. Stamens and style nearly as long as the corolla; filaments with pilose base. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled.
Fruits:
Fruit depressed-globose (always?), 7-10 mm diam., 2-4-seeded.
Habit:
Stems twining; young parts sparsely pilose with short, appressed, whitish hairs, glabrescent .
Inflorescences:
Peduncle distinctly shorter than the petiole, 1-2½ cm, rather densely pilose, 2- to few-flowered. Pedicels 3- 5 mm, hairy like the peduncle. Bracts linear to oblong, 8- 15 mm long, appressed-pilose beneath, glabrous or nearly so above, caducous.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Argyreiareinwardtiana(Blume) Miquel, Fl. Ind. Bat. 2 (1857) 589.

Leaves:
Leaves ovate, ovate-oblong, or elliptic-oblong, 5½-17 by 3-10 cm; rounded, truncate, or subcordate at the base; attenuate or acuminate and mucronulate at the apex; upper surface glabrous or nearly so, lower surface sparsely to rather densely pilose with short, appressed, straight hairs; midrib and 8-10 nerves on either side prominent beneath, minor nervation reticulate beneath; petiole 2-5 cm, appressed-pilose.
References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

Seeds:
Seeds ca 5½ mm long (ripe?).
Synonyms:

Ipomoea reinwardtianaBlume, Bijdr. (1825) 720.

A. guichenotii Choisy, Mém.Soc. Phys. Genève 6 (1833) 423.

Convolvulusovatus Reinw.ex Choisy in DC., Prod. 9 (1845) 332, pro syn ..

Wed, 2012-05-30 03:26 -- Esmond
Stictocardia cordatosepala

Author:
Ooststroom, S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Contributors:
General comments:

Distinguished by the remarkablycordate base of the sepals.

Author:
Ooststroom, S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Distribution:

Lesser Sunda Islands (Lombok).

Ecology:

In thin forest, on loamy soil,
350- 700 m.

Editor:
Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals slightly unequal in length; two outer ones orbicular to transverse-elliptic, 12 mm long, rounded to shallowly emarginare at the apex, cordate at the base with 2 mm long, fimbriate basal lobes; three inner ones orbicular, 8~9 mm long, rounded at the base, all sparsely pilose or glabrous, the shortly ciliate apex excepted. Corolla funnel-shaped, probably ca 6 cm high, violet; midpetaline bands with minute glands outside; margin fimbriate. Filaments shortly pilose at the base. Ovary glabrous.
Fruits:
Capsule unknown.
Habit:
Stems twining, young parts shortly pilose, soon glabrescent to glabrous, afterwards lignescent.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescences axillary, 1-flowered, or cymosely 2-3-flowered; peduncle 1- 9 cm long, glabrous or shortly pilose mainly towards the apex. Pedicels 10-35 mm, sparsely short-pilose. Bracts oblong, obtuse, 3-5 mm long, caducous.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

StictocardiacordatosepalaOoststr., Blumea 5 (1943) 351.

Leaves:
Leaves broadly ovate to orbicular, 6-12 by 5-12 cm, broadly cordate at the base, attenuate to shortly acuminate at the apex with an obtusish, mucronulate acumen, glabrous or nearly so and green above, glabrous or shortly pilose on the nerves, minutely glandular and reddish beneath; 6-7 nerves on either side of the midrib; petiole 3-9 cm.
References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

Tue, 2012-05-29 04:33 -- Esmond
Stictocardia discolor

Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Contributors:
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.

Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Distribution:

Lesser Sunda Islands (Timor).

Editor:
Esmond Er
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.
Habit:
Stems twining, thin, slender, sparsely pubescent or glabrous.
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.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

StictocardiadiscolorOoststr., Blumea 5 (1943) 350.

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.
References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

Synonyms:

Ipomoea pulchra Blume var. Bijdr. (1825) 716.

Stictocardia pulchra Hallierf., Bull. Herb. Boiss. 5 (1897) 380.

Tue, 2012-05-29 04:23 -- Esmond
Stictocardia neglecta

Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Contributors:
Common names and uses:
Non laku, lololi, Timor.
Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Distribution:

SW. Celebes, Lesser Sunda Islands(Timor, Wetar).

Ecology:

In thickets up to ca 900
m.

Editor:
Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals subequal in length or the outer ones slightly shorter, densely shortpilose to tomentose outside; two outer ones broadly ovate, elliptic or orbicular, shallowly emarginated at the apex, 8-11 mm long, three inner ones broadly elliptic, ca 10 mm long, the margins fimbriate towards the shallowly emarginate apex; all sepals much enlarged in fruit, up to 3-3½ cm long. Corolla tubular to funnel-shaped, ca 5-6 cm long, violet, darker to the centre, the limb shortly pilose outside. Filaments shortly pilose at the base. Ovary glabrous.
Fruits:
Capsule enclosed by the enlarged sepals, subglobose, ca 1½ cm diam..
Habit:
young parts tomentose, finally glabrescent and lignescent.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescences axillary, 1-flowered or cymosely branched, 2-4-flowered; peduncle ½-5 cm, in fruit up to 8 cm long, pilose like the stems. Pedicels (5-)10-18 mm, shortly pilose. Bracts minute, caducous.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

StictocardianeglectaOoststr., Blumea 5 (1943)348.

Leaves:
Leaves ovate to broadly ovate, 4--8 by 3-7 cm, more or less deeply cordate or subtruncate at the base, attenuate to acuminate towards the acutish, mucronulate apex, densely short-pilose or the young ones tomentose on both sides, entirely green, or reddish beneath; nerves 7-8 on either side of the midrib; petiole 2- 7 cm, shortly pilose.
References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

Seeds:
Seeds 7-8 mm long, shortly tomentose.

Tue, 2012-05-29 04:14 -- Esmond
Lepistemon urceolatum

Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Contributors:
Common names and uses:
Libuh-libuh, S. Celebes, kepi, onugo, arra, NE. New Guinea,a lakfakisu, New Ireland.
Author:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland.
Distribution:

Tropical Australia, Solomon lsl..Bismarck Arch., Celebes, Moluccas (Talaud Islands, Buru, Ceram), New Guinea. .

Ecology:

In thickets and secondary
forests, in more or less moist localities, 5-1250 m.

Editor:
Esmond Er
Flowers:
Sepals subequal, slightly concave, broadly ovate to orbicular, obtuse or shallowly emarginate, 2-2½ mm long, hairy or glabrous. Corolla urceolate, 10--12 mm long, creamy white, glabrous outside or with some hairs in the upper part; tube inflated, contracted above limb shortly 5-lobed. Scales at base of filament; smaller than in the preceding species, concave, shortly pilose outside. Disk shallowly 5-lobed. Ovary glabrous.
Fruits:
Capsule globose, 8-10mm diam.
Habit:
Stems twining, 2- 5 m high, young parts densely hairy with retrorse hairs, later on glabrescent and woody.
Inflorescences:
Flowers in few- or mostly in many-flowered, more or less dense, axillary, cymose clusters, much shorter than the petiole. Peduncle short or almost absent. Pedicels 3-7 mm, in fruit up to 14 mm, more or less pilose.
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:

Lepistemonurceolatum(R.Br.) F. v. Muell., Syst. Census Austr. Pl. (1882) 94.

Leaves:
Leaves broadly ovate to orbicular, rarely narrower, 5-16 by 3-14 cm, cordate or more or less truncate at the base; basal lobes entire and broadly rounded, or with a large tooth or nearly hastate; acuminate and mucronulate at the apex; lower surface sparsely to densely hairy with short appressed hairs, or sometimes tomentose, upper surface mostly less hairy, glabrescent; petiole 3-11 cm, hairy like the stem
References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

References:

Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.

Seeds:
Seeds 4 mm long, puberulous, greyish-black.
Synonyms:

Ipomoea urceolataR.Br.,Prod. 1(1810) 485.

Lepistemon fitzalaniF.v. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Austr. 10 (1877) 111.

L. lucae F.v. Muell., Vict. Nat. 11 (1885) 74.

L. asterostigmaK. Schum., Bot. Jahrb. 9 (1888) 216.

Tue, 2012-05-29 03:32 -- Esmond

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