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Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

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Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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(L.) Lam.
L.
Lam.
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species
Ipomoea batatas

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batatas

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Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

Tuberous-rooted perennial. Stems trailing or erect, glabrous or hairy. Petioles long and slender, often > lamina. Lamina very variable in size, shape and dissection, particularly in the degree of lobing, usually entire with long-acuminate apices. Infl. an axillary cyme, usually few-flowered; peduncles to 8 cm long, stout; pedicels to 1 cm long. Bracts < sepals. Sepals c. 1 cm long, mucronate, glabrous; inner sepals slightly > outer. Corolla c. 4 cm long and 3-3.5 cm diam. across limb, funnelform, pink with purplish or reddish purple centre. Stamens included; filaments hairy towards base. Ovary surrounded by tuft of hairs. Capsule not seen.

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Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

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Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Chile
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
China
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Cook Islands
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Cook Islands
Manihiki
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Fiji
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French Polynesia
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Niue
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Papua New Guinea
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Samoa
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Tonga
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Tuvalu
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Vanuatu

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d3268080-4971-475f-948c-f841285dd5d3
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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