About Goat's foot creeper
Ipomoea pes-caprae, also known as bayhops, bay-hops, beach morning glory, railroad vine, or goat's foot, is a common pantropical creeping vine belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. It grows on the upper parts of beaches and endures salted air. It is one of the most common and most widely distributed salt tolerant plants and provides one of the best known examples of oceanic dispersal. Its seeds float and are unaffected by salt water. Originally described by Linnaeus, it was placed in its current genus by Robert Brown in 1818.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea pes-caprae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Family
- CONVOLVULACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Sandy sea coasts and mangrove forests, also in the plains Key identification features : Creeping stem, rooting at nodes
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- दो पत्ती लता Do Patti Lata
- Tamil
- Attukkal
- Telugu
- Balabantatige
- Kannada
- ಅಡಂಬು Adambu, ಅಡಂಬಳ್ಳಿ Adamballi, ದಾಸರಿ Dasari
- Malayalam
- നാരീപദമ് Naripadam, Pulichuvadi, Pulichuvatu
- Marathi
- मर्यादा वेल Maryada-vel
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Goat's foot creeper belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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