• 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) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Paalnirattai (Tamil)
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : From foothills to plains, on hills up to 750m, on thickets and wayside.
• Flower, Fruit : November-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Guntur district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district
• World Distribution : India, Tropical Africa
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; 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.
• 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 dichroa. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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