Ipomoea quamoclit

• Botanical Name : Ipomoea quamoclit L.
• Common Name : The Cypress Vine, Kamlata, Ganesh-Pushpa
• Plant Family : Convolvulaceae
• Plant Form : Climbers
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 5, 13, 16, 23, 24
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park

About Ipomoea quamoclit Plant :

• Habit : A beautiful annual twiner with slender stems.
• Leaves : Ovate-oblong in outline, deeply pinnatisect almost to the midrib, a pair of stipules is present at the base of the petiole.
• Flowers :
  • Few-flowered cyme on long peduncles, bracteates, bracts minute, ovate to linear-lanceolate, Calyx small. Corolla tubular-infundibulum, small, scarlet.
  • Stamens 5, exserted, unequal, filaments white, hairy at the base.
  • Ovary 4-celled, with one ovule in each cell, style slender, stigma bilobed.
• Fruit : Capsule 4-seeded, murmorate with tufts of minute hairs.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : September - December
• Significance : Commonly cultivated in the gardens for its beautiful leaves and pretty, red, small flowers.