Last updated: 30 June 2015
Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.
Convolvulus pes-tigridis (L.) Spreng., Ipomoea capitellata Choisy, Ipomoea hepaticifolia L. [1]
English | Tiger's footprint, morning glory, tiger’s foot morning glory [2][3] |
India | Bilaiguri, bowrveil, langulilata, panchpatri, wagh-nakhi [3] |
China | Hu zhang teng [3] |
Indonesia | Garnet (Javanese); samaka furu (Ternate); maka-maka (Tidore) [2][3] |
Philippines | Bangbangau-ng-buduan, malasandia, ran-grangau, rangrangau ang abuduan, salasandia [3] |
Thailand | Khayum teenmaa (Northern); thao saai thong loi (Central); phao-Ia buu-Iuu (Peninsular) [2][3] |
Vietnam | B[if]m ch[aa]n c[oj]p [2][3] |
Sri Lanka | Divi pahauru [3] |
Ipomoea pes-tigridis is distributed from tropical Africa, Mascarene Islands, to continental tropical Asia and throughout Malaysia. [2]
I. pes-tigridis occurs in grasslands, waste places, fields, thickets, occasionally in teak forests, also in sandy soils near beaches, and up to 1300 m altitude. [2]
I. pes-tigridis is comes from the family Convolvulaceae. It is a slender, herbaceous annual, twining or sometimes prostrate twig, 0.5-3 m long, and patently hairy with rigid hairs. [2]
The leaves are orbicular or transversely elliptical in outline, and measure 3-7.5 cm x 2.5-10 cm. They are palmately divided nearly to the base with (3-)5-7(-9) segments. The segment is oblong to elliptical-oblong, and attenuate towards both ends. The petiole is 1.5-10 cm long. [2]
The flowers are in a few-flowered head, with 2-18 cm long peduncle, linear to oblong bracts and 1-3 cm long. The sepals are slightly unequal, 7-12 mm long and lance-shaped while the petal is funnel-shaped, 3-4 cm long, where the midpetaline bands are sparsely hairy, white, with unequal filaments, hairless and with hairless ovary. [2]
The capsule is ovoid, 8 mm long, 1-celled and 4-valved. [2]
There are 4 seeds which are 4 mm long and sparsely grey-tomentose. [2]
I. pes-tigridis can be found flowering throughout the year when sufficient water is available. [2]
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Figure 1: The line drawing of I. pes-tigridis. [2]