- 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
- 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 26 July 2024.
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