Nice pictures & posting, Ashwini ji.
Here are a few links with some details:
http://forest.ap.nic.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/Flora%20by%20M%20Sharfuddin%20Khan/Botanical%20Names/Rivea%20hypocrateriformis.htm,
as a famine food:
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/FamineFoods/ff_families/CONVOLVULACEAE.html

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Ashwini Vaidya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

>
> Hi all
>
> Photographed this vine on campus. It had wrapped itself around a Bauhinia
> tree. I did not know what it was and was taking photographs in the evening
> around 6 PM. True to its name, the closed flowers bloomed in a matter of
> half an hour. When it was about 6:30 and nearly dark, all flowers had
> opened. Here are a few pictures.
>
> Common Night Glory- Rivea hypocrateriformis
>
>
>
> --
> Ashwini
>
> >
>


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