Bhuyi Kohada / Giant 'Potato'
Ipomoea mauritiana
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- June-January
How to identify Bhuyi Kohada
Identify Bhuyi Kohada 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: Very large edible tuberous root (giant potato).
- Confirm leaf shape: Palmately lobed (hand-like).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bhuyi Kohada.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea mauritiana
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Palmately lobed (hand-like)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhuyi Kohada 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 Bhuyi Kohada itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- भुईं कोहड़ा bhuyi kohada, बिलाई कन्द bilayi kand
- Bengali
- ভুঁইকুমড়া bhumikumra, ভুঁইকুমড়া
- Tamil
- நிலப்பூசனி nila-p-pucani, பால்முடங்கி pal-mutanki
- Kannada
- ಭೂ ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಗಡ್ಡೆ bhoo sakkare gadde, ನೆಲಗುಮ್ಬಳ nelagumbala
- Malayalam
- പാൽമുതുക്ക് palmutukk, പാൽമുതുക്ക്, മുതക്ക്
- Marathi
- भुईकोहळा bhuikohala
About Bhuyi Kohada
A member of the Convolvulaceae family, Giant 'Potato' (Ipomoea mauritiana) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and 3 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from June to January.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Bhuyi Kohada belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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