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Ipomoea tricolor
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Ipomoea tricolor Cav., Icon. 3: pl. 208, 5. 1795.
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Description:
Climbers with glabrous twining stems. Leaves alternate, 3-7 x 2-6 cm, ovate, acuminate apically, cordate basally. Flowers in axillary cymes, 3-9 cm long. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 4-6 mm long. Corolla blue to violet, the tube white, 4-6 cm long, funnelform. Fruit capsular, ovoid, 8-10 mm long, mucronate because of the persisting style base; seeds 4-5 mm long, black, minutely pubescent.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-February
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District(s):
Wayanad, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along roadsides and scrub jungles
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Distribution:
Native of tropical America
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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):
Blue
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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