Ipomoea aculeata var. mollissima, (Zoll.) Hallier f. ex Ooststr.

Simões, A. R., Silva, H. & Silveira, P., 2011, The Convolvulaceae of Timor with special reference to East Timor, Blumea 56 (1), pp. 49-72 : 57

a. var. mollissima (Zoll.) Hallier f. ex Ooststr. — Map 7

Ipomoea aculeata Blume var. mollissima (Zoll.) Hallier f. ex. Ooststr. (1940)

574; Malm (1934) 286; Ooststr. (in Ooststr. & Hoogland 1953) 486. Calonyction mollissimum Zoll. (1854) 128, 131.

Distribution — In continental Asia: China, Myanmar and Thailand ( Fang & Staples 1995). In Malesia: Middle and East Java, Madura, Lesser Sunda Islands (Lombok, Sumbawa, Timor,Alor) and Philippines (Luzon) (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953).

Habitat & Ecology — In thickets and thin forests, from sea level to 700 m.

Vernacular name — Lak-laku, non hau kase (Dawan).

Uses — The leaves are used as purgative and as a substitute for soap (Heyne in Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953).

Figures

Map 7 Distribution of Ipomoea aculeata Blume var.mollissima (Zoll.) Hallier f. ex Ooststr. ($), I. alba L. (:) and I. aquatica Forssk. (5).