- Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
(MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Convolvulaceae
- Species : Ipomoea pes-tigridis
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.
- Common name : Tiger's foot creeper
- Vernacular name : Bekkina-hejje gida, Huli-hejje gida (Kan.); Punaikkirai (Tam.); Chikunuvvu, Mekamadugu, Puritikada (Tel.); Billenandi, Bilaipaelo (Ori.)
- Key identification features : A hispid climber. Leaves deeply palmately, 7-9 lobed with lobes narrowly oval to obovate, acute or acuminate at apex, hirsute on both surfaces. Flowers in long-peduncled bracteate heads. Calyx unequal, strigose, Corolla campanulate-tubular with shades of white, pink to purple. Capsule ovoid, glabrous enclosing grey-tomentose seeds.
- Habit : Climber
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
- Comments : Occasional on plains to 900 m, often on arable lands.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Coimbatore district, Gingee Hills (Villupuram district) (Tamil Nadu State); Simhachalam Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Kurnool district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Chittoor district, Guntur district, Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa & Tropical Asia
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; 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; 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 pes-tigridis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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