Kinarwel / Heavenly Blue Morning Glory
Ipomoea violacea
Also known as Sea Moonflower Glory
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa & more
- Flowering
- August-March
How to identify Kinarwel
Identify Kinarwel 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: Large sky-blue flowers (heavenly blue).
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: Blue.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kinarwel.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea violacea
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles near sea coasts and along roadsides
- Native to
- India, N.America
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Puducherry, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-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 Kinarwel itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Bluerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kinarwel itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- किनारवेल kinarwel
About Kinarwel
Heavenly Blue Morning Glory (Ipomoea violacea) belongs to the Convolvulaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa and 4 other states. It grows in scrub jungles near sea coasts and along roadsides. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Kinarwel belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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