- Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
(MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Convolvulaceae
- Species : Ipomoea obscura
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.
- Common name : Lesser Glory
- Vernacular name : Godla-jadi (Kan.); Siruthalai (Tam.); Nallakokkita (Tel.)
- Habit : Climber
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
- Comments : On plains along roadsides, dry lands, fences, fallow fields, arable lands etc above 1400 m.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Oodapatti R.F. (Salem district), Coimbatore district (Tamil Nadu State); Ganjam district, Cuttack district, Khurda district (Odisha State); Kadapa district, Visakhapatnam district, Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Guntur district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State)
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Madagascar through tropical Asia & Northern Australia, Fiji, Formosa
- 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; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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 obscura. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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