| Author: | Alfred
Barton Rendle, 1905. |
| Family: |
CONVOLVULACEAE |
| Origin: |
Bahamas,
Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras,
Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela |
| Soil: |
Mix |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
30
Centimetres |
| Height: |
20 Meters |
| Flower:
|
Yellow |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
Wood Rose,
Spanish Arborvine, Yellow Morning-glory, Hawaiian Woodrose,
Brazilian Jalap |
| Synonyms: |
Ipomoea tuberosa
Linnaeus, 1753.
Distimake tuberosus, A.R.Simões & Staples.
Operculina tuberosa, Meisn. 1869.
Batatas tuberosa, Bojer, 1837.
Convolvulus dissectus
Jacquin, 1767.
Convolvulus gossypiifolius, Kunth, 1818.
Convolvulus kentrocaulos, Steud. ex Choisy, 1845.
Convolvulus macrocarpus, Spreng. 1825.
Convolvulus
tuberosus, Spreng. 1825.
Ipomoea dissecta, Pursh,
1814.
Ipomoea nuda, Peter 1891.
Ipomoea sinuata,
Ortega, 1798.
Merremia dissecta, Hallier f. 1893.
Merremia kentrocaulos, Rendle, 1905.
Operculina
dissecta, House, 1906.
Operculina kentrocaulos,
Hallier f. |
This member of the Convolvulaceae family was
given this name
by Alfred Barton Rendle in 1905. It was originally found
in the tropical America, but has now been spread to other tropical
areas i.e. Hawaii, southern Florida, southern India and Ceylon.
It grows in forests in a rich soil with lots of water and some sun. The
caudex can reach 30 centimetres in diameter, the climbing vines will grow up to 20 meters, the flowers are bright
yellow. The genera name from a form of the Hebrew name Miriam, which was
Latinised to Mary in later years. The species name means 'tuberous'
for the roots. |
