Ipomoea arachnosperma Welw.
Ipomoea arachnosperma Welw.
Ipomoea arachnosperma Welw.
Ipomoea arachnosperma Welw.
Plant Category | : | Climbers |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
Synonym | : | Convolvulus dichrous R. & S.; Convolvulus pilosus Roxb.;
Ipomoea dichroa (R. & S. Choisy.;
Ipomoea pilosa (Roxb.) Sweet.; |
Plant Common Name | : | - |
Plant Family | : | Convolvulaceae |
Description | : | Extensive hairy twimers. Leaves 3-lobed. Flowers pink with glandular calyz. Seed Balck, Cottony. Hairy Little Bell is an annual creeper with stems prostrate or twining, up to 2.3 m long, densely covered with white or yellow hairs. Leaves are deeply 3-lobed, rarely entire, 5-13 cm long, 6-13 cm wide. Tip is pointed or long-pointed, base is heart-shaped. Leaves are thin, green, but bristly-hairy above, densely white-cottony beneath. Leaf stalk is 4-7 cm long. Flowers arise several in lax or dense cymes which are carried on 1.5-7 cm long stalks. Bracts are 7 mm long and 2 mm wide. Sepals are lanceshaped, 1.2-2.2 cm long, 2.5-3 mm wide, bristly or setose and glandular. Flowers are pink or mauve, 1.2-2.0 cm long, velvety above. Capsule is ovoid, 8 mm long, velvety above. Seeds are velvety-white (rarely quite hairless) and black, ovoid, 4.5 mm long. Hairy Little Bell is found in India and Africa. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Koktu |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
Plant's Current Status | : | |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395 |
Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : Asteridae |
Order | : Solanales |
Family | : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family |
Genus | : Ipomoea L. - morning-glory |
Species | : Ipomoea arachnosperma Welw. |