Ipomoea hederifolia L.

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Convolvulaceae
  • Species : Ipomoea hederifolia
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea hederifolia L.
  • Common name : Red Star Glory
  • Vernacular name : Nakshatra hoovu (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : CJS 10024, CJS 11222
  • Key identification features : A slender annual twiner. Leaves simple, heart-shaped, broad annual. Few flowered, salveriform, red corolla with stamens emerging from the throat of the corona.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Native : Tropical America
  • Comments : Common twiner on hedges and small trees. Often cultivated, mostly escapes into the wild.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bagalkot, Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bidar, Bijapur, Chamrajnagar, Chikamagalur, Chikkaballapur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gadag, Gulbarga, Hassan, Haveri, Kodagu, Kolar, Koppal, Mandya, Mysore, Raichur, Ramanagara, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Yadgir
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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