Herbarium JCB

Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br.

Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
(MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Convolvulaceae
Species : Ipomoea pes-caprae
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br.
Common name : Goat's foot creeper
Vernacular name : Doopatilatha (Hin.); Bangadivalli, Aadu-hejje gida (Kan.); Kuthiraikulambu, Aattukkal, Mulal kaathilai, Adambu (Tam.); Balabandi tiga, Beda tiga, Chevula pilli tiga (Tel.); Kanchanolata, Kalama, Kasari-nai, Kanchona luota, Kansari nata (Ori.); Maryaadavalli (San.)
Key identification features : A long-trailing plant with a thick rootstock, rooting at the nodes. Leaves are deeply 2-lobed, sometimes merely emarginate, glabrous and resemble that of the goat's foot. Flowers are solitary or sometimes 2 to 3 with peduncles up to 10 cm long. Sepals are unequal, the outer smaller than the inner, oblong and glabrout. Corolla is funnel shaped, purple-red. Capsules are ovoid, depressed encloseing many densely brownish-tomentose seeds.
Habit : Herb
Flower, Fruit : October-March
Comments : On plains, especially towards the coast. Also, on sandy soil along rivers and streams.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Dharmapuri district, Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district) (Tamil Nadu State); Simhachalam Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Nayagarh district, Balasore district (Odisha State)
World Distribution : Pantropical
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; 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 pes-caprae. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.