Ipomoea heterotricha Didr.

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Synonyms: Ipomoea amoena Choisy
Ipomoea amoenula Dandy
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Status: Native
Description:
For descriptions see World Flora Online
Type location:
Guinea
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Altitude range: (metres) 150 - 1350 m
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Worldwide distribution: Cape Verde Islands, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopiam Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia,
Botanical divisions: II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,IX,XI
Growth form(s): Climber, annual.
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Literature:

Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 80 - 81.

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 149 - 150.

Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 88.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 43.


Other sources of information about Ipomoea heterotricha:

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Flora of Burundi: Ipomoea heterotricha
Flora of Malawi: Ipomoea heterotricha
Flora of Rwanda: Ipomoea heterotricha
Flora of Zambia: Ipomoea heterotricha

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ipomoea heterotricha
African Plant Database: Ipomoea heterotricha
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JSTOR Plant Science: Ipomoea heterotricha
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ipomoea heterotricha
Plants of the World Online: Ipomoea heterotricha
Tropicos: Ipomoea heterotricha
Wikipedia: Ipomoea heterotricha


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The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Species information: Ipomoea heterotricha.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=223280, retrieved 2 May 2026

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