• 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) : Stictocardia tiliifolia (Desr.) Hallier f.
• Common name : Tambarvel
• Habit : Liana
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests and mangrove forests
• Comments / notes : Occasional in sandy soil near the sea shore. Sometimes cultivated
• Key identification features : A woody climber
• Flower, Fruit : August-February
• Collection Nos : KFP 12404
• Distribution :
  • Karnataka : Davanagare district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Udupi district, Dakshina Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Kollam district
  • Odisha : Kendrapara district
• World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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 campanulata. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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