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Ipomoea wightii
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Ipomoea wightii (Wall.) Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 470. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 203. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 917(644). 1923; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 304. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 312. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 269. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 208. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 564. 2009.
Convolvulus wightii Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 55. t. 171. 1831.
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Description:
Small twiners; stem hirsute. Leaves to 10 x 9 cm, orbicular in outline, cordate at base, shallowly 3-lobed, lobes acute, distantly toothed, hirsute above, petiole 5 cm long. Peduncle 10 cm long; bracts many, linear-lanceolate, yellowish hispid. Flowers 3-5 together, sessile; sepals 20 x 5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, densely hispid; corolla 3 cm long, campanulate, purple. Capsule 5 x 5, globose, glabrous; seeds hairy on angles.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands and moist deciduous forests near streams
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Distribution:
Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and 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:
Thannikkudy, Pandaravarai, Pathenthode, Begur, Devicolam
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