Buta / Tiny Morning Glory
Ipomoea eriocarpa
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- August-February
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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