this is Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet., Hort. Brit. 287, 1827; Almeida, Fl. Mah. 3: 321, 2001. Singh et al, Fl. Mah. St. 2: 485, 2001; Yadav & Sardesai, Fl. Kolhapur Dist. 308, 2002. Synonyms: Convolvulus cairicus L. Syst. Ed. 10, 922, 1759. I. palmata Fosk. Fl. Aegypt.- Arab. 43, 1775; Cl. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4: 214, 1883; Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 2: 319, 1958 (Repr.). I. tuberculata Roem. & Schult. Syst. 4: 208, 1819. Common names: Railway creeper, Gar-vel.
commonly the corolla color is blue-voilet, however, a white form can also be observed ocassionally. Regards Satish Pardeshi On Jul 7, 11:58 am, "R. Vijayasankar" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Senthil, > > Thanks for your response. > > You may be right. But the leaves in* Ipomoea cairica* are divided upto the > base (appearing as a compound leaf, as it is in the picture) which is not > the case in I. digitata. The former sp is a common escape (weed) along > roadsides and planted in gardens. Whereas, the latter sp doesn't occurs as > weed. Anyway, let's hear from others too. > > Rashida ji, can you pl provide some more info like local name, use, presence > of tuber, occurrence etc? > [The tubers of I. digitata, known as 'giant potato' is a popular medicinal > plant used as galactagouge in the name of Vidari in Ayurveda. I. cairica is > not a medicinal plant as far as i know]. > > With regards > > R. Vijayasankar > > > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Senthilkumar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Vijayashanker Anna > > It could be Ipomoea digitata due to the characters of the purplish flowers > > and digitate leaflets. Leaflets are ovate-lanceolate. > > > Regards > > Senthilkumar U. > > > On 7 July 2010 11:23, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Commonly known as Railway creeper as it is found near the railway boundary > >> walls, grills etc. > > >> Regards, > > >> Mani. > > >> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 11:21 AM, R. Vijayasankar < > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Looks like *Railroad Creeper, Ipomoea cairica.* > >>> ** > >>> With regards > > >>> R. Vijayasankar > > >>> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:46 AM, Rashida Atthar < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> Request Id of this Convolvulaceae please, Thank you. > > >>>> Date/Time : > > >>>> 19 June 2010- Early morning > > >>>> Location- Place, altitude and GPS: > > >>>> Mumbai. > > >>>> Habitat- garden/ urban/wild/type: > > >>>> Garden > > >>>> Plant Habit-tree/shrub/climber/herb: > > >>>> Climber > > >>>> Height/length: > > >>>> ---- > > >>>> Leaves-type/shape/size: > > >>>> Five leaves with two of then bifurcated > > >>>> Inflorescence type /size: > > >>>> ----- > > >>>> Flowers-size/colour/calyx/bracts: > > >>>> Purple with deep purple at the edge, convolvulous petals. > > >>>> Fruits type-shape/size/seeds: > > >>>> ----- > > >>>> Fragrance/odour/pollinator/uses and so on: > > >>>> ------- > > >>>> regards, > > >>>> Rashida. > > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog > >>>> legroups.com> > >>>> . > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>> "efloraofindia" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog > >>> legroups.com> > >>> . > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "efloraofindia" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog > >> legroups.com> > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > -- > > Senthilkumar U. > > BSI & School of Ecology and Conservation, > > University of Agricultural Sciences, > > Bangalore-560 065. > > Karnataka, India -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
