Ipomoea tricolor Cav.

Simões, A. R., Silva, H. & Silveira, P., 2011, The Convolvulaceae of Timor with special reference to East Timor, Blumea 56 (1), pp. 49-72 : 62

23. Ipomoea tricolor Cav. — Map 12

Ipomoea tricolor Cav. (1795) 5, t. 208;Ooststr.(in Ooststr. & Hoogland 1953) 478.

Distribution — Mexico, Central America, West Indies, tropical

South America, elsewhere cultivated and perhaps occasionally escaped, in Malesia only known from the Peninsular Malaysia (as a garden escape), and Timor, where it is locally frequent in the North Central portion of the island, at 400 m (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953).

Habitat & Ecology — Small plant, found in roadsides and said to be very frequent in some localities of Timor.

Vernacular name — Non luli (Timor: unknown dialect).

Figures

Map 12 Distribution of Ipomoea trichosperma Blume ($), I. tricolor Cav. (5), I. triloba L. (:) and I. violacea L. (-).