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Jacquemontia pentantha
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Jacquemontia pentantha (Jacq.) G. Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 283. 1838.
Convolvulus pentanthus Jacq., Coll. Bot. 4: 210. 1780.
Jacquemontia violacea (Vahl) Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 8: 139. 1839.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Skyblue Clustervine
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Description:
Vines; the stems herbaceous, pubescent to glabrate; perennial. Leaves ovate to broadly ovate, 3-6 cm long, broadly cordate, apically acuminate, glabrate. Inflorescences cymose, mostly with 1-2 flowers open at any time. Flowers on peduncles mostly longer than the leaves; sepals ovate to lanceolate, 7-8 mm long, 4 mm broad, acute to acuminate, pubescent; corolla usually blue, sometimes white, campanulate to occasionally subrotate, 2 cm long. Fruits capsular, globose, 4 mm long, glabrous; seeds brown, 2.5 mm long, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-May
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of South America
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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
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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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