Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy

 
  • 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 fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy
  • Common name : Hedge Glory, Pink morning Glory, Morning Glory
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Widely cultivated
  • Comments / notes : Gregarious growth in swampy areas
  • Key identification features : Gregarious shrub, Leaves heart-shaped with pointed tip. Flowers large in clusters, corolla funnel-shaped, with petals prominently banded.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-February
  • Collection Nos : CS 18499. KFP 6227
  • Native : South America
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Saynoptic Flora of Mysore District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; 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 fistulosa. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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