• Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
  (MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Convolvulaceae
• Species : Ipomoea nil
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth
• Common name : English Morning Glory, American Morning Glory
• Vernacular name : Kaalaadaana, Jhaarmaric, Mirchai (Hin.); Gouri beeja (Kan.); Kakkattan (Tam.); Jirika kolli, Kallivittulu (Tel.); Khami khondo (Ori.); Krusnabhijah (San.)
• Habit : Climber
• Flower, Fruit : August-April
• Native : North America
• Comments : Occasional along roadsides, wastelands and forest borders across farmlands. Widely introduced in the tropics.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district, Kolar district (Karnataka State); Hoganekkal R.F. (Dharmapuri district), Javadhu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Penchalakona Hills (Nellore district), Yakidi R.F. (Ananthapur district), Madhavaram R.F. (Kurnool district), Macherla R.F. (Guntur district), Araku Valley (Visakhapatnam district), East Godavari district, Palakonda Hills (Kadapa district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Cuttack district, Keonjhar district, Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Gandamardhan Hills (Bargarh district), Bolangir district, Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Cultivated and naturalized in tropics
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Ipomoea nil. Downloaded on 23 November 2024.

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