• 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 mauritiana Jacq.
• Common name : Giant 'Potato'
• Vernacular name : Bhilaayakand (Hindi); Naadakumbala, Nela'kumbala (Kannada); Palmudangi, Nilapposani (Tamil); Bhoo chakra gadda (Telugu); Bhuin kokharu (Oria); Shiravidaari (Sanskrit); Anchilatthali, Muthalakizhangu, Palmuthukku, Palthookkamkizhangu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Flower, Fruit : June-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Guntur district, Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Udupi district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Dhenkanal district
  • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills, Bodamalai Hills, Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Chitteri Hills, Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district)
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District; 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 mauritiana. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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