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Ipomoea asarifolia
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 251. 1819; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 272. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 244. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 309. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 315. 1994.
Convolvulus asarifolius Desr. in Lam., Encycl. 3: 562. 1792.
Ipomoea repens Lam., Illustr. 1: 467. n. 2134. 1793 & Encycl. 6: 18. 1804; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 916(643). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 182. 1982.
Ipomoea beladamboe Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg 4: 233. 1819; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 209. 1883.
Ipomoea rugosa (Rottl.) Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 446. 1834.
Convolvulus rugosus Rottl., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4: 196. 1803.
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Description:
Stems herbaceous, decumbent and the tips, twining, rooting at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves alternate, rounded-cordate to subreniform, 4-8 cm long, basally cordate, apically rounded, glabrescent. Inflorescences of solitary flowers or in axillary or terminal simple or compound cymes, glabrous or puberulent. Flowers on pedicels 14-24 mm long. Sepals unequal, the outer 5-6 mm long, the inner 10-12 mm long, elliptic to ovate, coriaceous, rounded apically, mucronate, glabrous, verrucose. Corolla lavender to purple, rarely white, 6-8 cm long, funnelform. Fruits tardily dehiscent capsules, subglobose, 10-12 mm long, brown, glabrous; seeds brown to dark brown, 6-7 mm long, minutely gray-pubescent.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Kollam, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Damp fields
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink, Violet
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Taliparamba, Manjeswar, Olavakkot, Kasaragod
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