Ipomoea aquatica

• Botanical Name : Ipomoea aquatica Forsk.
• Common Name : Nalichi-bhaji, Jalgamini, Nadani-bhaji, Naar-ni-Vel
• Plant Family : Convolvulaceae
• Plant Form : Climbers
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 5, 13, 16, 23, 24, 26
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park

About Ipomoea aquatica Plant :

• Habit : A floating aquatic plant with glabrous hollow stems, rooting at nodes.
• Leaves : Elliptic-oblong or linear, cordate or hastate base.
• Flowers :
  • Pale-purple in axillary cymes, bracts small, Calyx of 5 unequal sepals.
  • Corolla funnel-shaped, large.
  • Stamens 5, pollen spiny, filaments unequal.
  • Ovary 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell, style slender, stigma bilobed.
• Fruit : Glabrous, ovoid.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : October-April
• Significance :
  • Common in moist places.
  • Young shoots of this plant are used as vegetables.
  • The plant is considered a good general tonic.