聚花白鹤藤 (原变种) ju hua bai he teng (yuan bian zhong)

Ipomoea osyrensis Roth in Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 239. 1819; Argyreia aggregata (Roxburgh) Choisy; Lettsomia aggregata Roxburgh; Lettsomia aggregata var. osyrensis (Roth) C. B. Clarke.

Leaf blade densely gray tomentose or woolly abaxially, sparsely strigose-villous adaxially, hairs with distinct swollen bases. Fl. Aug, fr. Dec.

Forests, thickets; near sea level. Hainan [?Bangladesh, ?Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, ?Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam]

Specimens from the Deccan region in India have adaxially glabrous leaves, whereas those from east Asia, including China, are uniformly sparse hairy adaxially.