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Purple Heart Glory
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Purple Heart Glory
ative Photo: Pravin Kawale
Common name: Purple Heart Glory, Arrow-Leaf Morning Glory, Hedge bind-weed, spotted-leaved ipomoea • Assamese: বন কলমৌ bon kalmou, ম'হ কলমৌ mooh kalmou • Bengali: বনকলমি bankalami, বন পেঁয়াজ bawn peyanj • Gujarati: ગુંબડવેલ gumbadvel, હનુમાન વેલ hanuman vel, રાતી ફૂદરડી rati fudardi • Hindi: बन कलमी ban kalmi, लछुमना lachumana • Kachchhi: ગધાવલ gadhaval, ગુંમડવલ gummadval, હનુમાનવલ hanumanval • Kannada: ಮೂಗುತಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ muguthi balli, ವಜಿಗಂಧ vajigandha, ತಳಿಕೀರೇಸೊಪ್ಪು talikiresoppu • Konkani: आमटी वेल amti-vel • Malayalam: ചുട്ടിതിരുതാളി chuttithiruthali, തിരുതാളി thiruthaali • Marathi: आमटी वेल amti vel, लक्ष्मणा lakshmana • Odia: ମୂଷାକାନି mushakani • Sanskrit: अस्रबिन्दुच्छदा asrabinducchada, लक्ष्मणा laksmana, मञ्जिका manjika, नागिनी nagini, पुत्रदा putrada, पुत्रजननी putrajanani, पुत्रकन्दा putrakanda, शीतवल्ली sitavalli, तूलिनी tulini, वृषपर्णिका vrsaparnika • Tamil: செந்தாளி cen-tali, மஞ்சிகை mancikai, மஞ்சிகம் manjikam, நறுந்தாளி naru-n-tali, நிச்சள் niccal, பஞ்சிகம் pancikam, புத்திரசெனனி puttra-janani, தாளி tali, வித்துசம் vittucam • Telugu: లక్ష్మణా laksmana, మిట్టతూటి mettatuti, పురిటితీగె purititige, తెల్లతూటి tellatuti • Tulu: ತಿರುತಾಳಿ tirutali Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Ipomoea sagittifolia    Family: Convolvulaceae (Morning glory family)
Synonyms: Ipomoea sepiaria, Ipomoea maxima, Ipomoea marginata
Purple Heart Glory is a slender vine, 3-5 m long, commonly seen on bushes. Alternately arranged ovate-heart-shaped leaves have purple botches in the center. Upper leaves are sometimes sagittate or hastate, 2-6 X 2-5 cm, smooth, base deeply heart-shaped or arrow-shaped, margin entire or minutely wavy. White to pink-purple funnel shaped flowers occur in stalked cymes. Flowers are 2.5-4 cm long, with a narrow tube flaring open into a flat flower,and have a dark purple throat. Stamens do not protrude out. Flowers open after sunrise and close before noon. The plant is found on sea coasts and on saline soil. Flowering: All year
Identification credit: Pravin Kawale Photographed in Maharashtra.
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