- Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
(Morning-Glory Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
- Basionym : Convolvulus obscurus L.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.
- Common name : Lesser Glory
- Vernacular name :
- Godla-jadi (Kannada)
- Siruthalai (Tamil)
- Nallakokkita (Telugu)
- Cherutali, Thiruthali (Malayalam)
- Lakshmana, Pan bel (Hindi)
- Kurakalami (Bengali)
- Gumbadavel, Vaad kudaradi (Gujarati)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Degraded forests in the planis along roadsides, dry lands, on fences, in fallow fields andrare in hilly tracts
- Comments / notes : Distributed all part of India
- Key identification features : Flowers white with yellow bands, purple at the base, usually on 1-flowered peduncles
- Flower, Fruit : -hroughout the year
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Nellore district, Anantapur district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Guntur district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : All districts of Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Coimbatore district
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Delhi : Vasant Kunj
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, Indi
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Society Islands, Socotra, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- 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
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
- 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.
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India.
- Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 226
- Duthie J.F.(1960). Flora of The Upper Gangetic Plain Vol.1: 556
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ipomoea obscura. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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