- Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
(Morning-Glory Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
- Synonym(s) : Ipomoea reptans Poir.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.
- Common name : Swamp Cabbage
- Vernacular name :
- Kalmi (Hindi)
- Tutikura, Thutikura (Telugu)
- Tutisago, Kalmi (Oria)
- Kalambee (Sanskrit)
- Nalachi Bhaji (Marathi)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Ponds and lakes. Naturalized
- Comments / notes : On plains by coasts, in stagnant ponds, irrigation canals and river banks in clayey soil.
- Key identification features : Stem creeping, rooting at nodes
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collection Nos : CS 694
- Collection Locality : Andheri, Maharashtra
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Guntur district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Near water bodies
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Borneo, Botswana, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Islands, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Gilbert Islands, Guinea, Gulf States, India, Ivory Coast,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Widely naturalized
- Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
- 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
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1.
- Mathew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
- Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
- Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 193
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ipomoea aquatica. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.
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