Herbarium JCB

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

Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Convolvulaceae
Species : Ipomoea pes-caprae
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. (Unresolved name)
Common name : Goat's foot creeper
Vernacular name : Maryaadavalli (San.); Doopatilatha (Hin.); Bangadivalli (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 13954
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 upto 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
Comments : Ocasional on sandy soils and along river and marshes. Leaves are used in rheumatism. Plant is a good soil-binder.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Dakshina Kannada, Gulbarga, Kodagu, Mysore, Raichur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Udupi
Floras referred : Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara