Kalmi Sag / Swamp Cabbage
Ipomoea aquatica
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat & 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, Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves vary from typically sagittate (arrowhead-shaped) to lanceolate, 5–15 cm (2–6 in) long and 2–8 cm (0.8–3 in) broad.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kalmi Sag itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kalmi Sag itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
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 in the Convolvulaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat and 19 other states. It grows in ponds and lakes. Naturalized. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and harvested for fodder. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
In culture
It carries a body of folklore around it.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Kalmi Sag belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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