Ipomoea triloba L.
Ipomoea triloba L.
Ipomoea triloba L.
Ipomoea triloba L.
MC047 : 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 |
|---|---|
| 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. |