• Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
  (Morning-Glory Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CONVOLVULACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet
• Common name : Railway Creeper, Caito Morning glory, Railroad-creeper, Mile-a-minute
• Vernacular name : Bekkina hejje gida (Kannada); Kolambipoo (Malayalam)
• Habit : Liana
• Habitat : Dry and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : On hill plains to 1000m and on wayside thickets. Sometimes cultivated in gardens
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district
• Native : Mediterranean
• World Distribution : Old & New World
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District; Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Flora of Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ipomoea cairica. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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