Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth

Accepted

🗒 Synonyms

synonym	Cleiemera hirsuta Rafin.
synonym	Cleiemera peruviana Rafin.
synonym	Convolvuloides triloba (Thunb.) Moench.
synonym	Convolvulus coelestis Forst. fil.
synonym	Convolvulus coeruleus (Roxb.) Spreng.
synonym	Convolvulus dillenii Desr.
synonym	Convolvulus hederaceus L.
synonym	Convolvulus hederifolius Salisb.
synonym	Convolvulus hirsutus Roem. ex Choisy
synonym	Convolvulus lindleyi Steud.
synonym	Convolvulus nil L.
synonym	Convolvulus tomentosus Vell.
synonym	Convolvulus variifolius Steud.
synonym	Ipomoea avicularis Raf.
synonym	Ipomoea azurea Hort.
synonym	Ipomoea barbata Roth
synonym	Ipomoea bicolor Lam.
synonym	Ipomoea caerulea Koen.
synonym	Ipomoea caerulescens Roxb.
synonym	Ipomoea cuspidata Ruiz & Pav.
synonym	Ipomoea dillenii (Desr.) Roem. & Schult.
synonym	Ipomoea hirsutula Hort. Vindob. ex Hornem.
synonym	Ipomoea limbata (Lindl.) Boerl.
synonym	Ipomoea limbata (Lindl.) Voss
synonym	Ipomoea longicuspis Meisn.
synonym	Ipomoea longicuspis var. brevipes Meisn.
synonym	Ipomoea nil var. setosa (Bl.) Boerlage
synonym	Ipomoea phymatodes Spreng.
synonym	Ipomoea punctata Pers.
synonym	Ipomoea scabra Forssk.
synonym	Ipomoea scabra J. F. Gmel.
synonym	Ipomoea scabrida Roem. & Schult.
synonym	Ipomoea setosa Bl.
synonym	Ipomoea speciosa (Choisy) Voss
synonym	Ipomoea trichocalyx Steud.
synonym	Ipomoea triloba Thunb.
synonym	Ipomoea vaniotiana H. Lév.
synonym	Ornithosperma autumnalis Raf.
synonym	Pharbitis barbata G. Don
synonym	Pharbitis caerulea (Roxb.) Peterm.
synonym	Pharbitis caerulescens (Roxb.) Sweet
synonym	Pharbitis cuspidata (Ruiz & Pav.) G. Don
synonym	Pharbitis dillenii (Desr.) G. Don
synonym	Pharbitis diversifolia Lindl.
synonym	Pharbitis limbata Lindl.
synonym	Pharbitis mutabilis Boj.
synonym	Pharbitis nil (L.) Benth. ex Meisn.
synonym	Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy
synonym	Pharbitis punctata (Pers.) G. Don
synonym	Pharbitis purshii G. Don
synonym	Pharbitis scabra (J. F. Gmel.) G. Don
synonym	Pharbitis scabrida (Roem. & Schult.) G. Don
synonym	Pharbitis speciosa Choisy
synonym	Pharbitis triloba (Thunb.) Miq.

🗒 Common Names

Assamese	নীল কলমৌ Nil Kalmou
Bengali	কালাদানা Kaladana
English	Morning glory Pharbitis seeds Red Star Glory
Hindi	Jharmaric कालादाना Kaladana नीलकलमी Neelkalmi
Kannada	Kolli Beeja ಗೌರೀಬೀಜ Gowri Beeja
Malayalam	Taliyari Thaliyari
Marathi	कालादाना Kaladana नीलपुष्पी Neelpushpi
Other	Blue Morning Glory Ivy Morning Glory Japanese Morning Glory Kakkattan White-edge Morning Glory
Sanskrit	कलंजनी Kalanjani कृष्णबीज Krishnabijah
Tamil	Jigiri Vidai Kakkattan Kotikkakkattan Sirikki
Telugu	Jiriki Kolli Kollivittulu

📚 Overview

Overview

Summary

Brief

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber Distribution notes: Exotic

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Diagnostic

Diagnostic Keys

Climbers, pubescent.

Sanjib Barua

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Description

Habit: Climber

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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Habit: A slender vine, to 10m.

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Hirsute annual twiners. Leaves 3-lobed, rarely entire, 5-12 x 4.5-11 cm, ovate to suborbicular, base cordate, apex acute to acuminate, pubescent; petiole up to 7 cm long. Flowers solitary or in cymes; peduncle up to 5 cm long; pedicel to 1 cm long. Sepals 5, subequal, 1.5-2.2 x 0.2-0.4 cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, densely long-hirsute without. Corolla blue, throat white, 3-5 cm long, 4-5 cm across, funnel-form. Filaments to 2.5 cm long. Capsule 8-12 mm long, subglobose, surrounded by the sepals.

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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SubSpecies Varieties Races

Diagnostic Keys

Description

No Data

📚 Nomenclature and Classification

Nomenclature and Classification

Taxon Record Name

References

Type Information

No Data

📚 Natural History

Natural History

Life Cycle

Cyclicity

Flowering and fruiting: November-January

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Flower

Solitary or in cymes; pink-purple. Flowering from November-February.

Fruit

A globose capsule, dehiscent; seeds subtrigonus. Fruiting throughout the year.

Field tips

Leaves 3-lobed.

Leaf Arrangement

Alternate distichous

Leaf Type

Simple

Leaf Apex

Acute

Leaf Base

Cordate

Leaf Margin

Entire

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Miscellaneous Details

Notes: Plains to High Altitude, Naturalized, Native of Tropical America

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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No Data

📚 Habitat and Distribution

Habitat and Distribution

General Habitat

Cosmopolitian

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Deciduous forests, also in the plains

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Distribution

Description

Global Distribution

India: Throughout

Local Distribution

Nagaon

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Global Distribution

Native of South America; now naturalised in tropics

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

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Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mysore, Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Erode, Kanniyakumari, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

Attributions	G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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Native of north America, widely introduced in the tropics.

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Endemic Distribution

No Data

📚 Occurrence

Occurrence

No Data

📚 Demography and Conservation

Demography and Conservation

Population Biology

Trends

Risk Statement

Common

Sanjib Barua

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Conservation Status

Threats

Threats recoded

Sanjib Barua

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Legislation

Protection Legal Status

It is found growing wild in the tropical forest

Sanjib Barua

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No Data

📚 Uses and Management

Uses and Management

Uses

System of Medicines Used In

Ayurveda

Folk medicine

Siddha

Traditional chinese medicine

Occasionally grown in gardens for its showy flowers.

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System Of Medicines Used In

Ayurveda, Siddha, Folk medicine, Traditional chinese medicine

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Folklore

Management

No Data

📚 Information Listing

Information Listing

Species Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

References

Ipomoea hederacea sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4:199. 1883, non (L.) Jacq. 1787; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 917(644). 1923.
Convolvulus nil L., Sp. Pl. (ed.2) 219. 1762.
Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth, Cat 1: 36. 1797; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 182. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 273. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 265. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 483. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 316. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 309. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 268. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 214. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 343. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 474. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 562. 2009.

Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987

D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1202

Information Listing > References

Ipomoea hederacea sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4:199. 1883, non (L.) Jacq. 1787; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 917(644). 1923.
Convolvulus nil L., Sp. Pl. (ed.2) 219. 1762.
Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth, Cat 1: 36. 1797; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 182. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 273. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 265. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 483. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 316. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 309. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 268. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 214. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 343. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 474. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 562. 2009.
Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1202