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Beach Morning Glory

Ipomoea pescaprae

Description:

common crawling plant around the beach, crawl from the root to the ends around 7 feets, and can grow tall around 2 feets. the flower can be bright purple, leaf width about 8-10 cm

Habitat:

Sandy ground

Notes:

local called it Pokok Tapak Kuda (Horse shoe plant). Donno why...

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2 Comments

Ron Kushner
Ron Kushner 10 years ago

P.S. - Most certainly NOT any Ipomoea and definitely NOT Ipomoea pes-caprae.

Ron Kushner
Ron Kushner 10 years ago

Not any type of Morning Glory...flowers are like a legume...

Zulkifly Amir
Spotted by
Zulkifly Amir

Kuantan, Malaysia

Spotted on Jul 20, 2011
Submitted on Jul 22, 2011

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