Ipomoea triloba L.
Ipomoea triloba L.
Ipomoea triloba L.
Ipomoea triloba L.
Plant Category | : | Climbers |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 39 |
Synonym | : | Batatas triloba (L.) Choisy;
Convolvulus heterophyllus Sessé & Moc.; Convolvulus trilobus (L.) Desr.;
Ipomoea blancoi Choisy;
Ipomoea eustachiana Jacq.;
Ipomoea galapagensis Andersson;
Ipomoea triloba var. quinquefolia Kuntze; |
Plant Common Name | : | Little Bell, Little bell morning glory, Pink convolvulus, Three-lobe morning glory |
Plant Family | : | Convolvulaceae |
Description | : | Little Bell is a small, herbaceous twiner, often on grasses or low shrubs, not high-climbing, with milky sap. The flowers are rather small for morning glories. Leaves are heart-shaped, fine-tipped, entire or 3-lobed, mostly 2-5 cm long (but up to 12 cm), longer than wide. Leaf stalk is as long as blade or longer by half. Stems are somewhat angled, hairless or velvet-hairy. Flowers 1 or few on stalks as much as 10 cm long. Sepals are lance-like. Flower tube is 5-lobed, funnel-shaped, 1.5 cm long. Flower color is variable around the world. In India it is light pink with a deep red-violet. Stamens remain inside the flower tube. Little bell is probably native to West Indies, but now naturalized throughout the tropical world. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Amravati proper |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
Plant's Current Status | : | - |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD (1998) Addiions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants). Technical Bulletin No. VII. The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat. |
Reference | : | ~ Bhogaonkar PY and Devarkar VD; "Additions to the Flora of Melghat (some rare and uncommon plants)"; The Directorate Project Tiger, Melghat (1998); Technical Bulletin No. VII 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 triloba L. |