Kalmi Sag / Swamp Cabbage
Ipomoea aquatica
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea aquatica
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Ponds and lakes. Naturalized
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- Old World tropics
- Distribution
- Widely naturalized
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Bihar
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Convolvulaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Nali, कलमी साग Kalmi sag,कलमी शाक kalami shak
- Bengali
- কলমী সাগ Kulmi sag, কলমি শাক
- Tamil
- Sarkaraivalli, வள்ளல்
- Telugu
- Tutikura
- Kannada
- ನೀರುಬಿಳಿಗಡ್ಡೆ ಹಂಬು Neeru Bili gadde hambu, ನೀರುಹಂಬು Neeru hambu
- Malayalam
- വയൽച്ചീര
- Marathi
- नालीची भाजी Nalichi-bhaji, नळीची भाजी
- Sinhala
- කංකුන්
About Kalmi Sag
Swamp Cabbage (Ipomoea aquatica) is a herb belonging to the Convolvulaceae family (Morning glory family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate simple/lobed leaves, cymose axillary flower clusters, capsule fruit. It is typically found in ponds and lakes. naturalized. Native to Old World tropics, it is distributed across Widely naturalized. It flowers and fruits through much of the year. The species is valued in traditional medicine. Its conservation status has been assessed as Least Concern (LC).
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Kalmi Sag belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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