• 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 wightii (Wall.) Choisy
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Grasslands and moist deciduous fotests near streams
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 1000m.
• Flower, Fruit : October-March
• Collector(s) Name : R. Raghavendra Rao
• Collection Date : 01/02/1971
• Collection Nos : R.R. Rao 1230
• Collection Locality : B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagar district (KA)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Mysuru district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Gajapati district
  • Tamil Nadu : Vellore district, Coimbatore district, Salem district
• World Distribution : India, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka
• 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; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore 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.
• 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 wightii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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