- 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
- 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 : Tropical & Subtropical Old World.
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Madagascar through Tropical Asia & Northern Australia, Fiji, Formosa
- 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 27 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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