| Synonyms: |
Ipomoea tuberosa L. Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle Operculina tuberosa (L.) Meisn. |
| Common names: | Woodrose (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Cultivated and occasionally naturalised. |
| Description: |
Robust glabrous perennial twiner or liane, arising from a large subterranean tuber, ascending to many metres on trees and other supports. Leaves palmately compound with 5-7 lobes, circular in outline, 6-16 cm in diameter. Inflorescence few- to several-flowered. Pedicels 1.5-1.8 cm long, enlarging in fruit to 5 cm. Corolla yellow, funnel-shaped with a cylindric tube up to 5.5 cm long. Fruit a capsule enclosed by the accrescent calyx. |
| Type location: |
Jamaica |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | tuberosus: having tubers |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Native to tropical America, often cultivated and widely naturalised in Africa, Asia and Australia. |
| Growth form(s): | Climber, liane. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Page 41. |