Ipomoea violacea L.

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ipomoea macrantha Roem. & Schult.; Ipomoea tuba (Schltdl.) G. Don; Ipomoea longiflora R. Br. (Fl. Of Udipi by KG Bhat)
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ipomoea violacea L.
  • Common name : Heavenly Blue Morning Glory, Sea Moonflower Glory
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Scrub jungles near sea coasts and along roadsides
  • Comments / notes : Not common, found along the margins of brackish rivers
  • Key identification features : Stem slender and twining, leaves heart-shaped. Flowers funnel shaped in axillary clusters, corolla banded. Fruit a globose capsule.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-March
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Udupi district, Bengaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Ernakulam district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Aldabra, Andaman Islands, Aruba, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belize, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Brazil, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, Cayman Islands, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Cuba, Dominican R
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ipomoea violacea. Downloaded on 10 February 2025.

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