Gold Dwarf Morning Glory
Hewittia malabarica
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- July-March
How to identify Gold Dwarf Morning Glory
Identify Gold Dwarf Morning Glory by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Yellow flower with dark purple throat.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Gold Dwarf Morning Glory.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hewittia malabarica
- Genus
- Hewittia
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Asia, Malaysia, Polynesia, America
- Found in India
- Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Tripura
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gold Dwarf Morning Glory itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gold Dwarf Morning Glory itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- വട്ടപ്പൂന്താനി
About Gold Dwarf Morning Glory
A member of the Convolvulaceae family, Gold Dwarf Morning Glory (Hewittia malabarica) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and 9 other states. It grows in moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and planted as an ornamental. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Gold Dwarf Morning Glory belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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