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Jan 24, 2012 9:34 AM CST

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This plant appears to have come into my place with a big load of soil I bought. All sorts of weeds have come up in it and most I just putted out. I left some very small leguminous vines and Ipomoeas. This one however started to become giant sized and I have no idea what it is. The leaves are rather pumpkin-like but a bit smaller and not so hairy.
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The stem of the vine is ribbed like Winged Yam (Dioscorea alata) but also twisted.
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This is the growing tip of the vine and a newly forming leaf which looks typically like an Ipomoea.
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This looks like flowers developing.
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More developing
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There aren't any fully developed flowers yet, but hopefully I'll get photos of some this weekend and post them here.

I don't think it's a native, haven't seen anything local like it before. Hopefully someone here might recognise it, thanks.
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