Description of the plant

Description of the plant

    • It is herbaceous climbing perennial, growing between 3.5 to 6m in length, but usually trained at 1.5m above ground level.
    • The vines are long, weak- stemmed with tuberous roots that support themselves by means of cirrhosed tips.
    • The leaves are ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, the tips spirally twisted to serve as tendrils.
    • The flowers are large, solitary.
    • In the bud stage, the petals hang down over the ovary and on maturity, they assume an erect position, leaving the ovary with its stigma exposed at right angles.

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