| Dicotyledon | Literature for Ipomoea indica
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Convolvulaceae -- The Dodder, Morning Glory Family | Bibliography |
| Ipomoea indica | |
Common name(s): morning glory, koali `awa, koali `awahia, koali la`au (Ni`ihau), koali pehu |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Pantropical.In the Hawaiian Islands, indigenous to Kure, Midway, Lisianski, Laysan, Nihoa, Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Vines; stems twining, herbaceous to somewhat woody near base, often more than 5 m long, many-branched, appressed pubescent to glabrate. |
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| Leaves |
Leaf blades membranous, broadly ovate, 5-9 cm long, densely pubescent, especially on lower surface, or glabrate or completely glabrous, 3-lobed or entire, apex acuminate to obtuse, base cordate, petioles about as long as blades. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers 1 to few in cymes, these usually silky white pubescent, pedicels ca. 10 mm long; sepals herbaceous, lanceolate to ovate, 14-23 mm long, appressed pubescent to glabrate, apex long-acuminate to acuminate; corolla blue or purple, rarely white, funnelform, 5-7 cm long, the limb 6-8 cm in diameter. |
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| Fruit |
Capsules brown, often 4-angled, globose or somewhat flattened apically, up to 1 cm in diameter, glabrous. |
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| Seeds |
Seeds (1-)4, tan to dark brown, rounded, 4-5 mm long, glabrous. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 30 |
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