Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawler

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🗒 Synonyms

synonym	Convolvulus gonatodes Steud. ex A. Rich.
synonym	Convolvulus insuavis (Bl.) D. Dietr.
synonym	Convolvulus obscurus L.
synonym	Convolvulus subangularis Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.
synonym	Convolvulus trigonus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
synonym	Ipomoea acutiflora A. Rich.
synonym	Ipomoea demissa Hall. fil.
synonym	Ipomoea fragilis Choisy
synonym	Ipomoea inconspicua Baker
synonym	Ipomoea insuavis Bl.
synonym	Ipomoea koloaensis H. Lév.
synonym	Ipomoea longipes Engl.
synonym	Ipomoea luteola R. Br.
synonym	Ipomoea obscura var. abyssinica Hall. fil.
synonym	Ipomoea obscura var. demissa (Hall. fil.) B. Verdcourt
synonym	Ipomoea obscura var. fragilis (Choisy) A. Meeuse
synonym	Ipomoea obscura var. indica Hall. fil.
synonym	Ipomoea ocularis Bartl.
synonym	Ipomoea saltiana Rendle
synonym	Ipomoea solanifolia Burm. fil.
synonym	Ipomoea sudanica A. Chev.
synonym	Merremia geophiloides A. Chev.

🗒 Common Names

Bengali	Chhagalkuri
English	Lesser Glory
Gujarati	ગુંબડવેલ Gumbadvel
Hindi	Ker-gawl पान बेल Pan Bel
Irula	Mukuthi kodi Speaker poo
Kannada	Bilichita Bogari Bokadi Mooguthi Balli Cherutali
Malayalam	Cherutali Thiruthali Tirutali
Marathi	पिवळी पुंगळी Pivali Pungali पिवळी भोंवरी Pivali Bonvari
Other	Obscure Morning Glory Siru thali Small White Morning Glory Suluku Ambu
Sanskrit	लक्ष्मन Lakshmana वचगंधा Vachagandha
Tamil	Chirudalli Kuruguttali Siruthaali
Telugu	Golla Jiddu Aaku Nalla Kokkita

📚 Overview

Overview

Summary

Brief

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber

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

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Diagnostic

Diagnostic Keys

Climbers. Leaves 2-8´1-5cm

Sanjib Barua

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Description

Slender twining herbs. Leaves 2.5-6 x 2-4 cm, ovate to cordate, base cordate, apex acuminate, pubescent or glabrescent on both surfaces; petiole to 3 cm long. Flowers solitary or in subumbellate cymes; pedicel to 1-1.5 cm long. Sepals 4-8 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, apex acute-apiculate. Corolla yellowish, throat purplish, 1.5-2.5 cm long, c. 2.5 cm across, campanulate. Stamens 5, villous at base. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long, conical; stigma capitate. Capsule 6-8 mm across, subglobose, apically beaked. Seeds c. 5 mm long, ovoid, black, thinly pubescent.

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

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Habit: Twining Herb

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, annual twiner, to 4m.

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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: October-March

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

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Flower

In solitary or sub-umbellate cymes; white or yellow, tinged pink. Flowering throughout the year.

Fruit

A subglobose capsule, apically beaked; seeds thinly pubescent. Fruiting throughout the year.

Field tips

Leaves cordiform, puberulous on both sides.

Leaf Arrangement

Alternate distichous

Leaf Type

Simple

Leaf Shape

Cordiform

Leaf Apex

Acuminate

Leaf Base

Cordate

Leaf Margin

Entire

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Miscellaneous Details

Notes: Degraded deciduous forests, also in the plains

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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No Data

📚 Habitat and Distribution

Habitat and Distribution

General Habitat

Degraded forest areas and also in the plains

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

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Plains, upto 1400m in arable lands. Tropics.

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Distribution

Description

Global Distribution

India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Odisha

Local Distribution

Assam

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Global Distribution

China, Tropical Asia and Africa

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: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga 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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Very common in fences, arable lands and scrub jungles from plains to 1000m. Africa, Madagascar, Tropical Asia to Formosa Islands.

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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

System Of Medicines Used In

Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1203

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Medicinal

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

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Leaves are crushed and applied to cure sprains.

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Folklore

Indigenous Information: Leaves are crushed with saliva and applied to cure sprains.

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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

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=1203

Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Convolvulus obscurus L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 220. 1762.
Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker-Gawl., Bot. Reg. 3. t. 239. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 207. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 916(643). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 183. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 273. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 245. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 303. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 265. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 484. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 310. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 217. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 268. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 214. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 208. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 343. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 474. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 563. 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=1203
Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Convolvulus obscurus L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 220. 1762.
Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker-Gawl., Bot. Reg. 3. t. 239. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 207. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 916(643). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 183. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 273. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 245. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 303. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 265. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 484. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 310. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 217. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 268. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 214. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 208. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 343. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 474. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 563. 2009.