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Ipomoea cairica

Plant Type

Climber

Native/Exotic

Exotic, Invasive, Naturalised

Usual Habitats

Disturbed/Waste Ground, Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)

Evergreen/Deciduous/

Semi Deciduous

Semi Deciduous

Design Function

Drought Tolerant

Ipomoea cairica

Foliage Colour (other than or in addition to green)

-

五爪金龍

Foliage Colour (other than green) Time of Year

-

Fruit Colour

Inconspicuous

Fruit Time of Year

-

Flower Colour

Purple

Flower Time of Year

All year round

Botanic Name Recordings

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