Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Convolvuloides triloba Moench; Convolvulus nil L.; Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy; Convolvulus caeruleus (Roxb. ex Ker-Gawl.) Spreng.; Convolvulus coelestis G.Forst.; Convolvulus dillenii Desr.; Convolvulus hederaceus L.; Convolvulus hederifolius Salisb.; Convolvulus lindleyi Steud.; Convolvulus peruvianus Spreng.; Convolvulus scaber Colla; Convolvulus setosus Hallier f.; Convolvulus tomentosus Vell.; Convolvulus variifolius Steud.; Ipomoea bicolor Lam.; Ipomoea caerulea Roxb. ex Ker-Gawl.; Ipomoea caerulea J.König ex Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth
  • Common name : English morning glory, American Plant, Morning glory, Pharbitis seeds
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kaalaadaana, Jhaarmaric, Mirchai (Hindi)
    • Gouri beeja (Kannada)
    • Kakkattan (Tamil)
    • Jirika kolli, Kallivittulu (Telugu)
    • Khami khondo (Oria)
    • Krusnabhijah (Sanskrit)
    • Thaliyari (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Deciduous forests, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Occasional along roadsides, wastelands and forest borders across farmlands. Widely introduced in the tropics.
  • Flower, Fruit : August-April
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Nellore district, Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Kadapa district
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Ballari district, Bidar district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Akola district, Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Keonjhar district, Ganjam district, Bargarh district, Mayurbhanj district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Nainital district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Pana
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Naturalized in tropics
  • 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
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • 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
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga 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
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • 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: 194-195
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ipomoea nil. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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