== Synonyms ==
*''Convolvulus dissectus'' Jacq. (1767), *''Ipomoea sinuata'' Ortega (1798).
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*A perennial, slender twiner, 3-6 m long, patently hirsute with yellow hairs, adult parts woody, glabrescent and warty; leaves .*Leaves rounded in outline, palmately divided nearly to the base, segments 5-7, middle segment 2.5-10 cm × 0.5-3 cm, lateral ones smaller, apex mucronulate, margin coarsely dentate to irregularly pinnately lobed, petiole 2.5-7 cm long; flowers .*Flowers few together, peduncle 5-10 cm long; flower-buds narrowly ovoid, acute, pedicel 1.5-2 cm long, sepals subequal, 2-2.5 cm long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, margin scarious, enlarged in fruit, corolla funnel-shaped, 3-3.5 cm long, white, throat rose-purple, mid-petaline bands distinct, anthers spirally twisted; capsule .*Capsule globose, glabrous; seed .*Seed glabrous, black. ''M. dissecta'' occurs in open grasslands and along roadsides, from sea-level up to 300 m altitude.
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