Ipomoea indica (Burm.f.) Merr.

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CONVOLVULACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Ipomoea learii Knight ex Paxton
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr.
  • Common name : The Dawn-flower, Blue Dawn Flower
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Cultivated as an ornament; often found as an escape
  • Comments / notes : Occasional above 750m and more robust above 1400m. Flowers turn red on fading.
  • Key identification features : Stem woody, hairy. Leaves simple, alternate 3-5 lobed. Flowers sessile in leaf axils. Corolla pleated blue with pink throat. Fruit is hairy, globose capsule.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-February
  • Collection Nos : CS 1795
  • Native : India, Tropical America
  • World Distribution : Naturalized in the Tropics
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; 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 indica. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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