Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Climber
Distribution notes: Exotic
Ipomoea hederifolia L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Convolvulus sanguineus (Vahl) Spreng. |
synonym | Ipomoea acutangula Ruiz & Pav. |
synonym | Ipomoea angularis Willd. |
synonym | Ipomoea angulata Lam. |
synonym | Ipomoea brevipedicellata (Hall. fil.) Hall. fil. |
synonym | Ipomoea coccinea f. luteola (Jacq.) Voss |
synonym | Ipomoea coccinea Rottl. |
synonym | Ipomoea coccinea var. curviflora Griseb. |
synonym | Ipomoea coccinea var. hederifolia (L.) A.Gray |
synonym | Ipomoea dichotoma Kunth |
synonym | Ipomoea luteola Jacq. |
synonym | Ipomoea nephrophylla Meisn. |
synonym | Ipomoea phoenicea Roxb. |
synonym | Ipomoea sanguinea Vahl |
synonym | Ipomoea stylosa Hort. Madr. ex Choisy |
synonym | Quamoclit acutangula (Ruiz & Pav.) Choisy |
synonym | Quamoclit brevipedicellata Hall. fil. |
synonym | Quamoclit coccinea Cooke |
synonym | Quamoclit coccinea var. hederifolia (L.) House |
synonym | Quamoclit hederifolia (L.) G. Don |
synonym | Quamoclit luteola (Jacq.) G. Don |
synonym | Quamoclit phoenicea Wight ex Meisn. |
synonym | Quamoclit russelliiflora Mart. & Gal. |
synonym | Quamoclit sanguinea (Vahl) G. Don |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Slender twining herbs. Leaves 4-8 x 3.5-7 cm, ovate to suborbicular, entire or 3-5-angled, cordate at base, acute to shortly acuminate at apex, glabrous; petiole to 6 cm long. Cymes few-flowered, axillary; peduncles 5-8 cm long; pedicels 0.7 - 1 cm long. Calyx lobes 5, 2-4 mm long, oblong or elliptic. Corolla deep red, salver-form, tube to 3.5 cm long, limb 1.5-2.5 cm across, subentire. Ovary 2-3 mm long, conical, 4-celled; ovule 1 in each cell. Capsule 5-6 mm across, subglobose. Seeds 4, c. 3 mm long, pyriform, black.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Habit: Climber
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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit: A weak, slender twiner, to 3m.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
Climber
Flower
In axillary, few-flowered cymes; dark red. Flowering from September-December.
Fruit
A globose or ovoid capsule; seeds 4, oblong, black. Fruiting October onwards.
Field tips
Branchlets pubescent. Calyx lobes half united, aristate at apex.
Leaf Arrangement
Alternate distichous
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Cordiform
Leaf Apex
Acuminate
Leaf Base
Cordate
Leaf Margin
Entire
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Miscellaneous Details
Planted as an ornamental in gardens.
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Notes: Along stream sides & degraded forest areas. Naturalized, Native of Tropical America
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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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Along stream sides and degraded forest areas, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Licenses | CC_BY |
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On disturbed grounds, close to plantations. Hills above 750m, Native of tropical America, now widely naturalized in the tropics.
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharastra, Meghalaya; West Indies, America
Local Distribution
Dhubri
Maharashtra: Common throughout
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: All districts
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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Common around the forest settlements and disturbed lands. Native of tropical America, now widely naturalized in the tropics.
Keystone Foundation
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Global Distribution
Native of Tropical America; now naturalised in Tropical Asia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=5547
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Planted in gardens for its showy flower.
Keystone Foundation
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- 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=5547
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Ipomoea phoenicea Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 92. 1824.
- Quamoclit phoenicea (Roxb.) Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 433. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 919(645). 1923.
- Ipomoea coccinea sensu Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 199. 1883, non Rottl. 1803.
- Ipomoea hederifolia L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 925. 1759; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 184. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 245. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 189. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 303. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 263. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 479. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 311. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 315. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 238. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 309. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 217. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 451. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 268. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 212. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 207. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 472. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 341. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 472. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 561. 2009.
Information Listing > References
- 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=5547
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Ipomoea phoenicea Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 92. 1824.
- Quamoclit phoenicea (Roxb.) Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 433. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 919(645). 1923.
- Ipomoea coccinea sensu Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 199. 1883, non Rottl. 1803.
- Ipomoea hederifolia L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 925. 1759; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 184. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 245. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 189. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 303. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 263. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 479. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 311. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 315. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 238. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 309. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 217. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 451. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 268. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 212. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 207. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 472. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 341. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 472. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 561. 2009.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Solanales |
Family | Convolvulaceae |
Genus | Ipomoea |
Species | Ipomoea hederifolia L. |
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