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Ipomoea obscura
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker-Gawl., Bot. Reg. 3. t. 239. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 207. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 916(643). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 183. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 273. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 245. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 303. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 265. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 484. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 310. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 217. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 268. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 214. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 208. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 343. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 474. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 563. 2009.
Convolvulus obscurus L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 220. 1762.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cherutali, Thiruthali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender twining herbs. Leaves simple, alternate, 2.5-6 x 2-4 cm, ovate to cordate, apex acuminate, base cordate, pubescent or glabrescent on both surfaces; petiole to 3 cm long. Flowers solitary or in subumbellate cymes; pedicel to 1-1.5 cm long. Sepals 4-8 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, apex acute-apiculate. Corolla yellowish, throat purplish, 1.5-2.5 cm long, c. 2.5 cm across, campanulate. Stamens 5, villous at base. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long, conical; stigma capitate. Capsule 6-8 mm across, subglobose, apically beaked; seeds c. 5 mm long, ovoid, black, thinly pubescent.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas and also in the plains
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Distribution:
China, Tropical Asia and Africa
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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):
Creamy, White, Yellow
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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:
Peechi, Kallar, Chinnar, Thekkady, Mlappara, Vellimala, Keerapady, Chindaki forest, Adoor, Baveli, Mattanur, Cheruvathur, Kayamkulam
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