Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.
Family
Convolvulaceae
Synonyms
None
Vernacular Names
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English |
Tiger’s footprint. |
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Indonesia |
Garnet (Javanese), samaka furu (Ternate), maka-maka (Tidore). |
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Philippines |
Bangbangau-ng-buduan (Iloko), malasandia (Panay Bisaya). |
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Thailand |
Khayum teenmaa (Northern), thao saai thong loi (Central), phao-Ia buu-Iuu (Peninsular). |
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Vietnam |
B[if]m ch[aa]n c[oj]p. |
Geographical Distributions
Ipomoea pes-tigridis is distributed from tropical Africa, Mascarene Islands, to continental tropical Asia and throughout Malaysia.
Description
Ipomoea pes-tigridis is a slender, herbaceous annual, twining or sometimes prostrate twig, 0.5-3 m long, and patently hairy with rigid hairs.
The leaves are orbicular or transversely elliptical in outline, and measure 3-7.5 cm x 2.5-10 cm. They are palmately divided nearly to the base with (3-)5-7(-9) segments. The segment is oblong to elliptical-oblong, and attenuate towards both ends. The petiole is 1.5-10 cm long.
The flowers are in a few-flowered head, with 2-18 cm long peduncle, linear to oblong bracts and 1-3 cm long. The sepals are slightly unequal, 7-12 mm long and lance-shaped while the petal is funnel-shaped, 3-4 cm long, where the midpetaline bands are sparsely hairy, white, with unequal filaments, hairless and with hairless ovary.
The capsule is ovoid, 8 mm long, 1-celled and 4-valved.
There are 4 seeds which are 4 mm long and sparsely grey-tomentose.
Ecology / Cultivation
Ipomoea pes-tigridis occurs in grasslands, waste places, fields, thickets, occasionally in teak forests, also in sandy soils near beaches, and up to 1300 m altitude. It can be found flowering throughout the year when sufficient water is available.
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References
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Plant Resources of South-East Asia No.12(2): Medicinal and poisonous plants 2.
