Convolvulaceae
Distimake

Distimake tuberosus (L.) A.R.Simões & Staples

First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 183: 577 (2017)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Mexico to Tropical America. It is a climbing herbaceous tree or liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses, as a poison and a medicine and for food.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Pacific. Elevation range: 200–1600 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bolívar, Boyacá, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Valle del Cauca.
Habit
Liana.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, artificial - terrestrial.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
flor de madera
[UNAL]

Convolvulaceae, Maria Leonor Gonçalves. Flora Zambesiaca 8:1. 1987

Morphology General Habit
A glabrous perennial twiner or liane.
Morphology Stem
Stems smooth, from a large subterranean tuber, robust, terete and finely striate.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf lamina circular 6–16 × 6–16 cm., palmately 7-lobed to near the base; segments oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, up to 13.5 × 5 cm., acuminate at the apex, narrowed below, entire, the middle segment larger than the lateral ones; petiole 6–15 cm. long, slender.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence few- to several-flowered.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Peduncles
Peduncle terete or more or less applanate towards the apex, 4–13 cm. long; pedicels 1·5–1·8 cm. long, enlarging in fruit to 5 cm.; bracts triangular, more or less 2 mm. long, two outer sepals ovate to broadly ovate, 21–25 mm. long, obtuse, indistinctly minutely mucronate; the three inner ones narrower, oblong, 20–23 mm.; all sepals enlarging in fruit to 5–6 mm. long, enclosing the capsule.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla funnel-shaped with a more or less cylindrical tube, yellow, up to 5·5 cm. long, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule ellipsoid to globose, enclosed by the sepals, splitting irregularly and also separating about the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds black, pubescent, with somewhat longer black hairs along the margins.
[FZ]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa y cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 200 - 1600 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Liana
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Distribution
Found in Boyacá, Colombia.
[UPFC]

The Useful Plants of Boyacá project

Ecology
Alt. 200 - 1600 m.
Morphology General Habit
Liana.
Distribution
Native and cultivated in Colombia.
[UPB]

Convolvulaceae, B. Verdcourt (East African Herbarium). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1963

Morphology General Habit
A glabrous perennial twiner or liane; stems smooth, from a large subterranean tuber, robust, terete and finely striate.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blade orbicular in outline, 6–16 cm. long and broad, palmately divided to near the base; lobes 7, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, up to 8 cm. long and 3.3 cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, narrowed below, entire; petiole 6–18 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Peduncle axillary, few- to several-flowered, 4–15 cm. long; pedicels 1.5– 1.8 cm. long, enlarging in fruit to 5 cm.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Outer sepals ovate, obtuse, mucronate, 2.3–3 cm. long, 1.2–1.8 cm. wide; inner narrower, oblong, 2.1–2.5 cm. long; all sepals enlarging in fruit and becoming about 5–6 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla yellow, funnel-shaped with a more or less cylindrical tube, 4.0–5.5 cm. long, 5–6 cm. wide, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule ellipsoid to globose, enclosed in the sepals, about 3.5 cm. in diameter, splitting irregularly and also separating about the base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds black, pubescent, about 1.7 cm. long.
Habitat
Naturalized in various vegetations from rain-forest to deciduous bushland
Distribution
K7 T3 U4 a native of tropical America—elsewhere cultivated and often naturalized
[FTEA]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
[UPFC]

Use Medicines Unspecified Medicinal Disorders
Medicinal (State of the World's Plants 2016).
[UPB]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

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    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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