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Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 287 287 1827.
Syn: Convolvulus cairicus L.; Ipomoea palmata Forssk.; I. pulchella Wight (non Roth)
Glabrous climber with deeply palmately divided leaves; segments 5, lanceolate or elliptic, up to 5 cm long; flowers pale purple, up to 6 cm long, on 1-3 flowered peduncles.
Commonly climbing on shrubs and trees. Photographed from Vikas Puri and Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi.
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Gurcharan Singh