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 Ipomoea carnea Jacq.

Synonyms	:	Ipomoea carnea subsp. carnea
Family	:	Convolvulaceae
Local name	:	English- morning glory
Flowering and fruiting period	:	throughout the year
Distribution	:	tropical America; naturalized / cultivated elsewhere
Distribution in kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Along riverbanks and roadside ditches,
Uses	:	Used as a  Ornamental plant
Key Botanical Characters: Robust shrub-like perennial up to 3 m. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, pubescent particularly beneath. Flowers in clusters at the ends of branches, pale to deep pink, darker in the corolla throat. Fruit a glabrous dehiscent capsule, brown.