• 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 pes-caprae (L.) R.Br.
• Common name : Goat's foot creeper
• Vernacular name : Doopatilatha (Hindi); Bangadivalli (Kannada); Kuthiraikulambu, Aattukkal, Mulal kaathilai, Adambu (Tamil); Balabandi tiga, Beda tiga, Chivula pilli tiga (Telugu); Kanchanolata, Kalama, Kasari-nai, Kanchona luota, Kansari nata (Oria); Maryaadavalli (Sanskrit); Aattadambu, Adambu, Adumbuvalli, Adambuvalli, Atampa, Chunvanna-adambu, Kuthirakulamban (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Sandy sea coasts and mangrove forests, also in the plains
• Key identification features : Creeping stem, rooting at nodes
• Flower, Fruit : October-March
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Dakshina Kannada district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Raichur district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Thrissur district, Ernakulam district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Kendrapara district, Balasore district, Nayagarh district, Ganjam district, Puri district, Khurda district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Dharmapuri 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; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic 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 pes-caprae. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.

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