Ipomoea hederifolia

Simões, A. R., Silva, H. & Silveira, P., 2011, The Convolvulaceae of Timor with special reference to East Timor, Blumea 56 (1), pp. 49-72 : 59

10. Ipomoea hederifolia L. — Map 8

Ipomoea hederifolia L. (1759) 925; Ooststr. (1958) 563.

Ipomoea angulata Lam. (1792) 464; Ooststr. (in Ooststr. & Hoogland 1953) 481.

Distribution — Native to tropical America, now circumtropical; in Malesia cultivated and run wild (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953).

Habitat & Ecology — Run wild in waste places, fields, grasslands, thickets and thin forests; up to 1 200 m (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953).

Uses — Cultivated in gardens for ornamental purposes (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953).

Figures

Map 8 Distribution of Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. ($), I. cairica (L.) Sweet (5), I. carnea Jacq. subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F.Austin (:), I. decais­ nei Ooststr. (-) and I. hederifolia L. (0).