Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Batatas maritima Boj. |
| synonym | Convolvulus biglandulosus Stokes |
| synonym | Convolvulus bilobatus Roxb. |
| synonym | Convolvulus maritimus Desr. |
| synonym | Convolvulus pes-caprae L. |
| synonym | Convolvulus retusus Colla |
| synonym | Convolvulus rotundifolius Schum. & Thonn. |
| synonym | Ipomoea aegopoda St. Lag. |
| synonym | Ipomoea biloba Forssk. |
| synonym | Ipomoea bilobata G. Don |
| synonym | Ipomoea halophyla Poepp. ex Steud. |
| synonym | Ipomoea maritima (Desr.) R. Br. |
| synonym | Ipomoea orbicularis Elliott |
| synonym | Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. |
| synonym | Ipomoea pes-caprae var. emarginata Hall. fil. |
| synonym | Ipomoea rotundifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) G. Don |
| synonym | Plesiagopus rotundifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Rafin. |
| synonym | Plesiagopus sovana Rafin. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Stout creepers. Leaves shallowly 2-lobed, 2-5 x 3-6 cm, broadly orbicular, base truncate, lateral nerves c. 6 pairs, coriaceous; petiole 2-4 cm long. Flowers solitary or few in axillary cymes. Calyx lobes 5, unequl, ovate, acuminate, outer surface wrinkled. Corolla pink, c. 5 cm across, funnel-shaped. Stamens 5. Style long, pilose. Capsule subglobose, glabrous. Seeds brownish-tomentose.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Sandy sea coasts and mangrove forests, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
Circumtropical
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Ernakulam, Kannur, Thrissur
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Ipomoea biloba Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 44. 1775; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 212. 1883.
- Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. in Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire 477. 1818, ssp. pes-caprae; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 919(644). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 182. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 273. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 246. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 265. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 485. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 316. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 452. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 208. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 343. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 475. 2009.
- Convolvulus pes-caprae L., Sp. Pl. 159. 1753.
Information Listing > References
- Ipomoea biloba Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 44. 1775; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 212. 1883.
- Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. in Tuckey, Narr. Exped. Zaire 477. 1818, ssp. pes-caprae; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 919(644). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 182. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 273. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 246. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 265. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 485. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 316. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 452. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 208. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 343. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 475. 2009.
- Convolvulus pes-caprae L., Sp. Pl. 159. 1753.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Solanales |
| Family | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus | Ipomoea |
| Species | Ipomoea pes-caprae |
| Infraspecies | Ipomoea pes-caprae pes-caprae |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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