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This member of the Convolvulaceae family has been named by Meeuse in 1958 (former Ipomoea
h. Baker 1894). It's from Southern Africa, where it
grows in
well-drained grit, and get a lots of water and sun in the
growing-session. The flowers are pink. I
The seeds are poison, but who will eat them?
Ronald Kushner
writes: The seedpods of all Turbina are distinguished by having
leathery (!) seedpods, and although some Ipomoea may (!) have
'leathery type'pods, very leathery pods are a major feature of the
genus Turbina.
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