Ipomoea horsfalliae Hook.

 
  • 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 horsfalliae Hook.
  • Common name : Princess vine, Cardinal Creeper
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Grown as garden plant
  • Comments / notes : Flower buds themselves are attractive and are mistaken for berries.
  • Key identification features : A woody vine. Leaves palmate, attractive. Purplish-pink flowers in clusters. Corolla has a long tube and spreading 5-banded lobes at the free end.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Native : West Indies
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : K.S.Rao-Flowering Plants of IISC, 2009; 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 horsfalliae. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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