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Ipomoea nervosa (elephant creeper)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Argyreia nervosa is a perennial climbing vine native to the Indian subcontinent and introduced to numerous areas worldwide, including Hawaii, Africa, and the Caribbean. Though it can be invasive, it is often prized for its aesthetic value. Common names include Hawaiian baby woodrose, adhoguda अधोगुडा or vidhara विधारा (Sanskrit), elephant creeper and woolly morning glory. The two botanical varieties are A. n. var. nervosa described here, and A. n. var. speciosa, a species used in Ayurvedic medicine, but with little to no psychoactive value.
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Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Vine

Predators

Ceroplastes cirripediformis (barnacle scale)[2]
Phenacoccus parvus[2]
Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (mulberry scale)[2]
Pseudococcus elisae (banana mealybug)[2]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0