Arrow-Leafed Morning Glory
Ipomoea marginata
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea marginata
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Wastelands, scrub jungles and roadsides
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa & Asia, Malesia to Formosa, Australia
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Assam, Puducherry, Mizoram, Punjab, Sikkim, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura, Chandigarh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu, Nagaland
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Arrow-Leafed Morning Glory 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 Arrow-Leafed Morning Glory itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ചുട്ടിത്തിരുതാളി
About Arrow-Leafed Morning Glory
Arrow-leafed Morning Glory (Ipomoea marginata) is a climber in the Convolvulaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 32 other states. It grows in wastelands, scrub jungles and roadsides. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Arrow-Leafed Morning Glory belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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