How to identify Ipsea malabarica
Identify Ipsea malabarica by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Orchidaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Ipsea malabarica.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipsea malabarica
- Genus
- Ipsea
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grasslands
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Found in India
- Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-July
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Orchidaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ipsea malabarica itself; the rest are typical of the Orchidaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കനകകാന്തി
About Ipsea malabarica
Ipsea malabarica belongs to the Orchidaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala. It grows in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from June to July.
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
Ipsea malabarica belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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