Ipomoea pilosa Sweet

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Convolvulaceae
  • Species : Ipomoea pilosa
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea arachnosperma Welw.
  • Key identification features : Stem twining, glandular hairy. Leaves are simple, broad, with acute apex, white wooly beneath. Flowers axillary, 1-4 flowered cyme. Corolla funnel shaped, creamish-white to pink coloured. Mouth 5-lobed with tube up to 2 cm long. Capsule globose, glabrous with seeds 4, ovoid and softly hairy.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Flower, Fruit : November-March
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State)
  • Literature : N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
  • 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 pilosa. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.

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