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Ipomoea nil
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth, Cat 1: 36. 1797; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 182. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 273. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 265. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 483. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 316. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 309. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 268. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 214. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 343. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 474. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 562. 2009.
Convolvulus nil L., Sp. Pl. (ed.2) 219. 1762.
Ipomoea hederacea sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4:199. 1883, non (L.) Jacq. 1787; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 917(644). 1923.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Thaliyari
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Morning glory, Pharbitis seeds
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Description:
Hirsute annual twiners. Leaves 3-lobed, rarely entire, 5-12 x 4.5-11 cm, ovate to suborbicular, base cordate, apex acute to acuminate, pubescent; petiole up to 7 cm long. Flowers solitary or in cymes; peduncle up to 5 cm long; pedicel to 1 cm long. Sepals 5, subequal, 1.5-2.2 x 0.2-0.4 cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, densely long-hirsute without. Corolla blue, throat white, 3-5 cm long, 4-5 cm across, funnel-form. Filaments to 2.5 cm long. Capsule 8-12 mm long, subglobose, surrounded by the sepals.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Native of South America; now naturalised in tropics
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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):
Blue, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
Peechi, Chinnar, Thekkady, Adoor
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