Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
番薯

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Family 科

  • Convolvulaceae 旋花科

Height/Length

  • To be determined 有待確定

Stems, Branches and Branchlets

  1. Type 類型
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Bark 樹皮
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Indumentum 表被物
    2. Glabrous 無毛
    Pilose 疏柔毛
    Villous 被長絨毛
  1. Habit 習性
    2. Prostrate 平卧
    Ascending 斜升
  1. Shape 形狀
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Gland 腺體
    2. Absent 無
  1. Color 顏色
    2. Green 綠色
  1. Lenticel 皮孔
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Armature 針刺
    2. Absent 無
  1. Modified stems 特化莖
    2. Tuber 塊莖

Leaf/Leaflet Length

  • 葉 
    • 4 - 13 cm
  • 小葉 
    • To be determined 有待確定

Leaf/Leaflet Width

  • 葉 
    • 3 - 13 cm
  • 小葉 
    • To be determined 有待確定

Infloresence diameter/length

  • 2 - 10.5 cm

Sepal/calyx length

  • 0.7 - 11 cm

Petal/Corolla length

  • 3 - 4 cm

Fruits

  1. Other note 註
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Fruit type 果型
    2. Capsule 蒴果
  1. Color 果色
    2. Black 黑
  1. Shape 形狀
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Indumentum 表被物
    2. Glabrous 無毛
  1. Gland 腺體
    2. Absent 無
  1. Fruit characters 果實特徵
    2. To be determined 有待確定
  1. Fruiting period 果期
    2. To be determined 有待確定

Fruit diameter/length

  • To be determined 有待確定

Supplementary information

Annual herb with subterranean fusiform, ellipsoid or elongated root tuber, root tuber edible. Stems prostrate or ascending, rarely twinning. Leaves entire or palmately 3 -5 lobed, lobe broadly ovate to linear-lanceolate. Capsule rarely produced, seed glabrous. Flowering from October to December.

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Reviewer(s)

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References

  1. Flora of Hong Kong: Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
  1. Flora of Shenzhen: China Forestry Publishing House
  1. Flora of China. Vol 9 (2003): Science Press, Beijing Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis
  1. Flora Republicae Popularis Sinicae (中國植物志): Science Press, Beijing

Acknowledgement 鳴謝:

Wu Jieh Yee Charitable Foundation Native Plant Resources and Database in Hong Kong
伍絜宜慈善基金香港原生植物資源及教材庫

Shiu-Ying Hu Herbarium, School of Life Sciences, CUHK WordPress

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