Advancing knowledge of West African morning glories: a taxonomic account of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) from Ghana Author B. D., Williams Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana, Ghana Author R. C., Francisco Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas (Cep) - ISPTundavala, Bairro Comercial, Rua Patrice Lumumba, Lubango-Huíla, Angola Author B., Mewded Ethiopian Biodiversity Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; & University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China & Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science, Yunnan, China Author C. P., Oppong Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana, Ghana Author C. B., Ayensu Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana, Ghana Author C. W., Masinde Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI), Nairobi, Kenya; Author D. B., Chukwuma Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria Author A. G., Deresa Author D. D., Yeboah Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana, Ghana & Laboratory of Applied Ecology, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin Author F., Rasaminirina University of Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar & Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Antananarivo, Madagascar Author U. P., Igho-Osagie Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria Author M. J., Korir East African Herbarium, National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya Author K. B., Antwi-Boasiako Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana, Ghana Author R. A., Mfodwo Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana, Ghana Author A. S. M., Mutegeki Tooro Botanical Gardens, Fort Portal, Uganda Author P., Atta-Adjei Author P. K., Akomatey Author S., Kumordzie Author R., Borosova Author C., Tang Author A., Asase Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana, Ghana Author G., Ameka Department of Plant and Environmental Biology, University of Ghana, Ghana Author Simões, A. R. G. East African Herbarium, National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya text Rheedea 2024 2024-12-31 34 5 397 429 journal article 10.22244/rheedea.2024.34.05.05 2582-2438 17032019 9. Ipomoea coscinosperma Hochst. ex Choisy in DC., Prodr. 9: 354. 1845. Lectotype (designated by Verdcourt, 1963: 92): SUDAN , Kordofan , s.d., Kotschy 17(G[ G00135555 ];isolectoG[ G00135516 , G00023044, G00023045], K [K000097015], MO [MO-2367140], P [P00434153], S [S11-40181], WAG [WAG0000757]). Perennial, or sometimes annual, herbs. Stems several, stout, suberect to prostrate, up to 3 m long, glabrescent or pilose. Leaves simple, linear-lanceolate to oblong,2.4–8 × 0.5–2cm ,base cuneate or obtuse, apex subacute to obtuse and mucronate, margin entire, glabrescent or pilose; petioles 0.5– 1.2 cm long. Inflorescences cymose; peduncles inconspicuous, up to 5 mm long; bracteoles pilose, linear, inconspicuous, c. 4 mm long. Flower: pedicels inconspicuous, up to 5 mm long. Sepals subequal, ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, c. 6 mm long, up to 1.2 cm in fruit, apex long-attenuate, covered with long, white hairs, with hyaline lower margins. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, small, only slightly longer than the calyx, red or white, 5–8 mm long. Fruits globose, glabrous, apiculate, with style base persistent, 5–7.5 mm in diam.; seeds brown, shortly pubescent, 3 mm long. Vernacular names : ñiñéni , manding-bambara ( Senegal ) ( Burkill, 1985 ). Flowering & fruiting : Flowers and fruits between December to May ( Roux, 2003 ). Habitat : Grows primarily in the Seasonally Dry Tropical biomes ( POWO, 2024 ). They can grow up to elevations of 250 m . Distribution : Native to Botswana , Chad , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Ghana , Guinea , Kenya , KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mauritania , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Northern Provinces, Senegal , Somalia , Sudan , Swaziland , Tanzania , Uganda , Zambia , Zimbabwe ( POWO, 2024 ). In Ghana : Upper East region ( Fig. 4 ). Specimens examined : GHANA , Upper East Region , Near Bongo , on route to Nangodi , N . T . S , 15.11.1959 , J . K . Morton A3804 ( GC ) . Conservation assessment : Not evaluated. Uses : The whole plant parts are used in traditional medicine and fodder for livestock ( Prota, 2024 ).