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Derivation of specific name

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carnea: flesh-coloured; fistulosa: hollow like a pipe but closed at both ends
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ipomoea carnea Jacq.
subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147590
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Robust shrub-like perennial up to 3 m. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, pubescent particularly beneath. Flowers in clusters at the ends of branches, pale to deep pink, darker in the corolla throat. Fruit a glabrous dehiscent capsule, brown.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ipomoea carnea Jacq.
subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147590
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Frequency

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Occasional
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ipomoea carnea Jacq.
subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147590
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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visit source
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Florida to Argentina.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ipomoea carnea Jacq.
subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147590
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe