Aniseia martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy

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Lobaye tributary of the Lomami River, Tshopo.

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Synonyms:	Aniseia uniflora (Burm. f.) Choisy Convolvulus martinicensis Jacq. Ipomoea lanceolata G. Don.
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Description:	Twining perennial herb with slender thinly pubescent stems, often becoming hairless. Leaves narrowly to broadly oblong up to 6 cm long, mucronate at the apex, thinly pubescent, particularly at the margins and on the veins below but often becoming hairless; petiole up 10 mm long. Flowers usually solitary on a peduncle up to 3·5 cm long and a pedicel up to 6 mm long. Sepals ovate up to 15 mm long, acute, enlarging in fruit up to 23 mm. Corolla white, about 2 cm long. Capsule elongate-ovoid, hairless.
Type location:	West Indies
Notes:	The species is considered of pantropical origin in Flora Zambesiaca but other sources claim it is only native in tropical America while introduced in Africa Asia and Australia. Since there appear to be specimens from Sierra Leone as well as Java that predate even the formal description based on a type from the West Indies one could almost believe its pantropical origins.
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Habitat:	On swampy ground.
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Worldwide distribution:	Almost pantropical (see note).
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Literature:	Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 47. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 62. Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1) Pages 33 - 34. (Includes a picture). Mwanga Mwanga, I.J.-C., Sosef, M.S.M. & Simoes, A.R.G., (2022). Convolvulaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Pages 80 - 82. (Includes a picture).

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