Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet
var. cairica

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Leopard Rock Golf Course, Vumba

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Hillside Park, Harare

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Mukuvisi Woodland near dam on Chiraura

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Churchill Avenue, opposite Falmouth Road, Harare

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Cleveland Dam, just below dam wall

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Heritage Centre, Blantyre.

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Description:	Perennial herb, growing from a tuberous rootstock. A prostrate creeper or twining into other vegetation. Leaves palmate with 5 to 7 lobes.
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Derivation of specific name:	cairica: from Cairo, Egypt
Flowering time:	Nov - Jul
Worldwide distribution:	Throughout tropical Africa; also from the eastern Mediterranean region through Asia to Taiwan
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Literature:	Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 122 - 171. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 47. also as var. fistulosa Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 105 - 106. As Ipomoea cairica (Includes a picture). Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 263. (Includes a picture). Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 36. Mwanga Mwanga, I.J.-C., Sosef, M.S.M. & Simoes, A.R.G., (2022). Convolvulaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 181 - 183. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 87. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 43. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 49. as Ipomoea cairica

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Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet var. cairica