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Hariasagao Ipomoea muricata (L.) Jacq.

(=Calonyction muricatum (L.) G. Don)

Copyright 1998-2017 Yoshiaki Yoneda

Introduction from China to Japan is said to have occurred in 1758 (Houreki 8). Flower tube is long and narrow. Corolla is ca. 5 cm in diameter. Flowers are night-blooming. The name derives from the needle-like projections on the stem (Hari means needle). It was called Tianqie in China and was used as a famine relief plant.

Slide No. 052


1 x 1

4 x 4

2 x 2

lens 8 x 8


16 x 16

1 x 1 (thumbnail images) : For indexing
2 x 2, 4 x 4, 8 x 8 : For viewing on monitor
8 x 8, 16 x 16 : For printing

Edited by Yuuji Tsukii (Lab. Biology, Science Research Center, Hosei University)