Ipomoea ochracea Vinod B. Shimpale, P.R. Kshirsagar and Nilesh V. Pawar

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CONVOLVULACEAE
  • Synonym(s) : Ipomoea ochracea var. curtissii (House) Stearn
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ipomoea ochracea
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Rocky crevices of hill slopes
  • Comments / notes : It has been found twining on Ischaemum sp. and Apluda mutica L. at an altitude c. 890 m.
  • Key identification features : Perennial, leaves and petioles hirsute, peduncles 0.7 – 1 cm long, sepals densely hirsute, corolla without apiculate lobes, corolla 3.1 – 3.6 cm long
  • Flower, Fruit : August-September
  • Native : Africa & India
  • Endemism : Africa & India
  • World Distribution : Africa & India
  • Literature : Vinod B. Shimpale, P.R. Kshirsagar and Nilesh V. Pawar (2012). Ipomoea ochracea (Convolvulaceae) – A new record for India. Rheedea 22(2): 99.
  • 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 ochracea . Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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