Harinapadi Kul
Ipomoea pilosa
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- November-March
How to identify Harinapadi Kul
Identify Harinapadi Kul 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: Densely hairy stems and leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Harinapadi Kul.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea pilosa
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram, Puducherry, Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Jharkhand, Manipur, Nagaland, Tripura, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep, Ladakh
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Harinapadi Kul 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 Harinapadi Kul itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- हरिणपदी कुल harinapadi kul
- Telugu
- కన్వాల్వులేసి
- Kannada
- ಗೆಣಸಿನ ಕುಟುಂಬ
- Malayalam
- കോൺവോൾവുലേസിയേ
About Harinapadi Kul
A member of the Convolvulaceae family, Ipomoea pilosa is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 33 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from November to March.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Harinapadi Kul belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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