Ipomoea verbascoidea

Botanical Description

Ipomoea verbascoidea is a perennial plant producing more or less woody stems up to 2.5 metres long from a tuberous rootstock. The stems can be erect, scramble over the ground, or climb into the surrounding vegetation, supporting themselves by twining around the other plants[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 663 Title Flora of Southern Africa Publication Author Roux J.P. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=662545 Publisher Year 2003 ISBN Description An excellent on-line resource. ]. The root is sometimes used as a source of moisture by people travelling through the arid lands where it grows.