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Jacquemontia pentantha (Jacq.) G. Don
Synonym
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Convolvulus azureus Rich.
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Family
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Convolvulaceae
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Local name
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English- Skyblue
Clustervine
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Flowering and fruiting period
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September-May
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Distribution
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Native
of South America
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Distribution in Kerala
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All
Districts
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Habitat
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Grown
as garden plant
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Endemic/Exotic
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Exotic
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Uses
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Ornamental plant
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Key botanical characters:
Vines; the stems herbaceous,
pubescent to glabrate; perennial. Leaves ovate to broadly ovate, 3-6 cm long,
broadly cordate, apically acuminate, glabrate. Inflorescences cymose, mostly
with 1-2 flowers open at any time. Flowers on peduncles mostly longer than
the leaves; sepals ovate to lanceolate, 7-8 mm long, 4 mm broad, acute to
acuminate, pubescent; corolla usually blue, sometimes white, campanulate to
occasionally subrotate, 2 cm long. Fruits capsular, globose, 4 mm long,
glabrous; seeds brown, 2.5 mm long, glabrous.
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