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Ipomoea gracilis R. Brown, Prodr., 484, 1810.
Glabrous, twining, herbaceous vine. Leaves alternate, ovate, deeply cordate, enti^
acute or obtusish, on slender petioles up to about 7 cm. long. Flowers mostly 3-4 cm. long,
axillary, in several-flowered clusters, or more commonly solitary, pedicels 2-3 cm. long’
oblong to ovate, mucronate, corolla flesh-pink or rose, with a darker center.
jP^requent in thickets or trailing over rocks (9581, 10025, 10234). An infu-
sion of the branches in cave water was originally used for treating tubercu-
losis-. English name, wild morning-glory; native name, tefifi.
[ERBARIUM
YUNCKER
M Niue Island
Herbarium of Bernice P. Bishop Museum
n. 9581
Ipomoea gracilis R. Broun
Pis. pink with dark«! 'eye'., On rocky
ledge near the sea near Alof 1.
10 m. alt. Jan. 11, 1940.
•tefifi'
Com» T. G. Yuncker
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