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Ipomoea quamoclit
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Ipomoea quamoclit L., Sp. Pl. 159. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 199. 1883; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 184. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 274. 1984; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 488. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 312. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 317. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 310. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 454. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 473. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 476. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 564. 2009.
Quamoclit pinnata (Desr.) Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 224. 1837; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 919(645). 1923.
Convolvulus pinnatus Desr. in Lam., Encycl. 3: 567. 1792.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Akasha-mulla, Narayani poovu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Cardinal climber, Cypress vine, Cupid’s Flower, Cypressvine Morning-glory, Red jasmine, Star of Bethlehem, Star-glory, Sweet-willy
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Description:
Slender twining herbs. Leaves alternate, pinnately dissected, 1.5-4.5 cm long, lobes many, 1-1.5 cm long, very narrowly linear, glabrous. Flowers solitary, axillary or in few flowered axillary cymes; peduncles 4-5 cm long; pedicels 1-2 cm long. Calyx lobes 0.4-0.5 cm long, lanceolate. Corolla red; lobes 0.4-0.6 x 0.25-0.3 cm, ovate. Filaments unequal, exserted. Ovary 0.2-0.3 cm long, 4-celled; ovule 1 in each cell; stigmas capitate. Capsule 0.8-1 x 0.5-0.6 cm, ovoid; seeds 4, 0.4-0.5 x 0.1-0.15 cm, compressed, conical, black on drying.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plants, now getting naturalised
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Distribution:
Introduced from Tropical America, established in Tropical Asia as an escape
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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):
Red
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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:
Yes
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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:
300-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Olavakkot, Alleppey town, Nadugani ghats, Kompa
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