Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

¼Ñ¡ºØé§, ¼Ñ¡·Í´ÂÍ´ Ipomoea aquatica Forsk. CONVOLVULACEAE 3

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Descriptions :
Climber Perenial herbaceous aquatic climber; slender, glabrous, milkysap, hollow stem, produce adventitious root from node, Leaves; ovate, obovate, deltoid, lanceolate, narrow oblong,glabrous, apex acute, round, base cordate or truncate, sagitate, margin entire or serrate, 2-7 by 3-15 cm.Inflorescence in cymose type, 2-8 cm long. Flowers; peduncles glabrous,2-8 cm long. Bract; long, narrow. acuminate. Sepal, obovate, mucronulate, glabrous. 3-5 by 2-3 mm. Corolla; campanulate, white at terminal, red purple or pink at base, 4-7 cm long, 4-6 cm in diameter, glabrous; midpetaline band distinctly 5-nerved; corolla lobes emarginate. Epipetalous stamens, base of filaments covered with hairs. Pistil; superior ovary, ovate, glabrous. Fruit capsular, ovate, Seeds with hairy or glabrous.