Buta / Tiny Morning Glory
Ipomoea eriocarpa
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- August-February
How to identify Buta
Identify Buta 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: Woolly-hairy fruit capsules.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Buta.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea eriocarpa
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Madagascar through Tropical Asia and Northern Australia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Kerala, Manipur, Punjab, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Buta itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Buta itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बूटा buta, भांवर bhanwar
- Bengali
- ঘোড়াকলমি ghorakalami, ঘোড়াকলমি
- Kannada
- ಮುಳ್ಳುಬಳ್ಳಿ Mullu balli, ಮಳ್ಳುಬಳ್ಳಿ Maḷlu balli
- Malayalam
- Pulichevidu
- Marathi
- माळ घंटी maal ghanti, रानभोवरी raanbhovari
About Buta
Tiny Morning Glory (Ipomoea eriocarpa) belongs to the Convolvulaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and 15 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Buta belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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