Ipomoea violacea L.

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The New York Botanical Garden
Ipomoea violacea L.
Syn. L tuba (Schldl.) G. Don,
l macrantha Roem. & Schult.
det. M. Nee, 1995
MARSHALL ISLANDS
Ipomoea
Det. f ft ^
| Locality Eniwetok Atoll, Engebi Island.
Habitat mostly coral sand or gravel flats except extreme outer beach of
brokfen coral rock; vegetation almost completely destroyed except
remnants of forest of Pisonia Scaevola and Messerschmidia near
outer (NE) end. Common
Date .May 18, 1946	Altitude	1-5	m.	(estimated)
Coll. F. R. Fosberg No. 24406
Remarks Trailing on ground, lactiferous* leaves
scarcely fleshy, veins impressed above;
flovers white, closed at about 11 a.m.
U.S.C.C. Economic Survey of Micronesia
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