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Ipomoea campanulata
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Ipomoea campanulata L., Sp. Pl. 160. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 917(643). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 272. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 244. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 263. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 310. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 308. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 448. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 267. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 559. 2009.
Ipomoea campanulata L. var. illustris Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 211. 1883.
Ipomoea illustris (Clarke) Prain, Bengal Pl. 2: 735. 1903; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 272. 1984.
Strictocardia campanulata Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 9: 33. 1914, non L.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Tambarvel
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Description:
Stout climbers; stem adpressed tomentose. Leaves to 8 x 9 cm, broadly ovate to orbicular, nearly entire, abruptly acuminate, cordate at base, pubescent; nerves 12 pairs; petiole to 8 cm long. Peduncle 8 cm long, stout. Flower 1 or 2 together; pedicels 3.5 cm long, stout; sepals 1 x 1 cm, orbicular, outer 3 pubescent outside, growing in fruit; corolla 9 cm long, lobes acute, pale purple with dark purple at centre, glabrous; filaments hairy at base. Capsule 2 x 2 cm, globose, glabrous; seeds black, hairy on angles.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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, Violet
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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:
Peechi, Anchurali, Taliparamba, Neelipara-Vaniampara, Koomanpara
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