Convolvulaceae Week :: Ipomoea pes-tigridis in Thane and Palghar

[Dinesh Valke]

Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.

• ip-oh-MEE-uh or ip-oh-MAY-uh -- worm-like; referring to coiled flower bud
  pes ty-GRID-ih-diss -- tiger's foot
  ... Dave's Botanary

Sep 13, 2008 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra

commonly known as: tiger's paw glory, tiger's foot bindweed, tiger foot morning glory, trailing ipomoea • Bengali: অংগুলী লতা anguli lota • Gujarati: વાઘપાદની વેલ vaghpadni vel • Hindi: पंचपतिया panchpatia, पंचपत्री panchpatri • Konkani: arti • Malayalam: puliccuvadi • Marathi: वाघपदी vaghpadi, वाघपंजा vaghpanja • Oriya: billenandi • Tamil: புலிச்சுவடி puli-c-cuvati • Telugu: మెకముఅడుగు mekamuadugu

Native of: tropical Africa and Asia; naturalized in most tropical countries

References: Flowers of India • eFlora • PIER • NPGS / GRIN • ENVIS - FRLHT • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar


more views:

• Sep 13, 2008 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra
  
• Sep 28, 2009 ... along Saphale Ghat, Maharashtra
  

Regards.
Dinesh

[Balkar Singh]

Yeh... This is common in our area also. Beautiful white flowers with very slight pinkish tinge..

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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[Gurcharan Singh]

I have yet to capture its flowers.

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[Satish Phadke]

Leaves are unique here. Palmately divideed nearly to the base. Lobes oblong to elliptic. Stem and leaves with trichomes.Calyx lanceolate7-12 mm long. All nicely seen here.

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Dr Satish Phadke