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Ipomoea barlerioides
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Ipomoea barlerioides (Choisy) Benth. ex Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 201. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 915(642). 1923; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 239. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 267. 1998.
Aniseia barlerioides Choisy, Convolv. Orient. 102. 1834.
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Description:
Hispid creepers or twiners. Leaves simple, alternate, to 5 x 2 cm, ovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronate, cordate at base, densely strigose hairy, nerves 5-7 pairs; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers solitary; axillary; peduncle 10 mm long, pedicels short. Sepals 1.7 x 1 cm, outer ovate, inner lanceolate, acute to acuminate, densely pilose hairy, broaden in fruit. Corolla 6 cm long; 4-5 cm across, purple, hairy outside. Staminal filaments 2 cm long, hairy at base. Ovary glabrous, stigma biglobose. Capsule 12 x 10 mm, glabrous; seeds 6 x 5 mm, trigonous, densely hairy along the angles and faces.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands and savannahs
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Distribution:
India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Mangaladevi, Ariankavu
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