Ipomoea mauritiana

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ip-oh-MEE-a or eye-poh-MEE-a — worm-like, referring to coiled flower bud … Dave’s Botanary
maw-rih-tee-AY-na — of Mauritius, from the Mascarene islands … Dave’s Botanary
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commonly known as: giant potato • Bengali: ভুঁইকুমড়া bhumikumra • Hindi: भुईं कोहड़ा bhuyi kohada, बिलाई कन्द bilayi kand • Kannada: ಭೂ ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಗಡ್ಡೆ bhoo sakkare gadde, ನೆಲಗುಮ್ಬಳ nelagumbala • Konkani: भूमिकुंव्हळी bhumikumvali • Malayalam: പാൽമുതുക്ക് palmutukk, അഞ്ചിലത്താളി anjilathali • Marathi: भुईकोहळा bhuikohala • Oriya: ଭୁଇଁ କଖାରୁ bhuin kakharu • Sanskrit: विदारी vidari • Tamil: நிலப்பூசனி nila-p-pucani, பால்முடங்கி pal-mutanki • Telugu: భూచక్రగడ్డ bhuchakra gadda, నేలగుమ్ముడు nelagummudu, పాల గుమ్ముడు palagummudu, విదారికంద vidarikanda • Tulu: ನೆಲಕುಂಬುಡ nelakumbuda
… and, more names lesser known / used:
Oriya: ବାରାହୀ କନ୍ଦ barahi kanda, ବୃଷ୍ଯକନ୍ଦା brushyakanda, ସିତା Sita, ଶୃଗାଳିକା srugalika • Sanskrit: भूकुष्माण्डी bhukushmandi, गजेष्टा gajeshta, गन्धफला gandhaphala, इक्षुगन्धा iksu-gandha, इक्षुवल्लरी ikshuvallari, क्षीरकन्द kshirakanda, महाश्वेता mahashveta, पयःकन्दा payahkanda, पयस्विन payas-vin, पयोलता payolata, पयोविदारिका payovidarika, ऋक्षगन्धा rksagandha, सृगाली srgali, स्वादुकन्दा svadukanda, स्वादुलता svadulata, तृणगन्धा trnagandha, वारिवल्लभा varivallabha, वृक्षकन्द vrksakanda, वृष्यकन्दा vrsyakanda, वृष्यवल्लिका vrsyavallika
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Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/05/ipomoea-mauritiana-jacq.html
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Native to: nativity obscure; widely naturalized 

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Convolvulaceae » Ipomoea mauritiana : 10 posts by 7 authors. Attachments (6)
… commonly known as: giant potato, large forest ipomoea, morning glory • Bengali: bhumikumra • Hindi: भूई कोहाड़ा bhuyikohada, bilaikand  • Kannada: bhoomichakragedde, bujagumbala, nadakumbala • Malayalam: mutalakanta, mutalakkilannu • Marathi: भुईकोहळी bhuikoholi, भुई कोहळा bhuikohala • Sanskrit: ksiravidari, vidari, vidari-kanda • Tamil: palmudangi, palmudukan kizhangu • Telugu: bhuchakragradda, nelagummudu

I think last picture is somewhat different

I dont think last picture is of Ipomoea mauritiana

… the last two photos can be seen at:
1) http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/1251/
2) http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/12514/
both clicked at Sanjay Gandhi National Park … both at August 26, 2007 at 8.45am IST … must be a matter of few seconds’ difference.
BUT there is mix-up of plants.
The cluster of buds belong to I. mauritiana … please validate.

Was there any recent nomenclatural change for this plant?
For me this looks like Argeryia sp.?

I would like to bring to light a factor which I perceive to be relevant and that is the historical confusion between Ipomoea digitata and Ipomoea mauritiana.
Ipomoea digitata and Ipomoea mauritiana are both legitimate species but descriptions of the 2 contain sufficient over-lapping features to
instill confusion.
So far, I have been unable to (with any certainty) distinguish between Ipomoea digitata and Ipomoea mauritiana and photos on the web
using both epithets appear to be the same plant.
I have seen Ipomoea digitata listed as a synonym of Ipomoea mauritana and Ipomoea mauritiana listed as a synonym of Ipomoea digitata.
Here is a synonym I have for Ipomoea digitata :
Ipomoea rubrocincta
Ipomoea paniculata var. digitata
Here is the list of synonyms I have for Ipomoea mauritiana :
Synonym:Ipomoea ennealoba
Synonym:Ipomoea eriosperma
Synonym:Ipomoea insignis
Synonym:Ipomoea eriosperma
Synonym:Ipomoea paniculata
A check for both names in http://ipni.org/ipni/plantnamesearchpage.do may prove useful
There are various subtypes listed for Ipomoea digitata
I perceive that Ipomoea mauritiana must be clearly distinguished from Ipomoea digiitata before any definitive ID’s can be arrived at for
these 2 similarly featured species.
I hope my thoughts on the matter may be of some value…

I also have been thinking that perhaps I. digitata and I. mauritiana are sufficiently distinct. This conclusion is base on the climber which I had uploaded from Delhi, and was variously identified (most suggesting I. batatas; but having seen I. batatas was not convinced) but I finally found it matching with some photographs of I. digitata on the net. I am uploading the same for comparison and validation.
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Thanks for your photo contributions as they clearly show that the sepals are very distinctly different.
The leaves of both species (including variant forms) can look very similar and the corolla color may also vary.
I personally would be interested to see closeups of the seeds of both species for comparison.
True climbers have stems and stem tips that either always twine or at least have the ability to twine when encountering something to climb,
as compared to a plant with non-twining stems that may weave through bushes or lean on a support and therefore some branches grow upward but not truly climbing.
The ars-grin has the following entries for some reference
Ipomoea mauritiana
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?311648
Ipomoea digitata auct.
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406359
Ipomoea digitata
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20159
I do perceive that Ipomoea mauritiana and Ipomoea digitata are distinct species but the descriptions in the literature and keys still contains enough over-lap of features to make a clear differential challenging and it is my thoughts that the sepals and seeds may be the most important parts to examine for a clearer distinction between the 2 species, especially when all the variations of the corolla and leaves are taken into consideration.

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please id the ipomea:
this plant  grows near to water connection. this photo snapped today. it has
big tuber. please help in  ID. photo from dapoli/ratnagiri/maharashtra

Yes Sir Ipomoea mauritiana (syn I. digitata)

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Convolvulaceae Week :: Ipomoea mauritiana at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary:
Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq.
Interesting note from Ron regarding historical confusion between two close species Ipomoea mauritiana and Ipomoea digitata at https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/3cerLcUJ
ip-oh-MEE-uh or ip-oh-MAY-uh — worm-like; referring to coiled flower bud
maw-rih-tee-AY-nuh — of or from Mauritiana, a North African area … Dave’s Botanary
Aug 11, 2007 … at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
commonly known as: giant potato, large forest ipomoea, morning glory • Bengali: bhumikumra • Hindi: भूई कोहाड़ा bhuyikohada, bilaikand • Kannada: bhoomichakragedde, bujagumbala, nadakumbala • Malayalam: mutalakanta, mutalakkilannu • Marathi: भुईकोहळी bhuikoholi, भुई कोहळा bhuikohala • Sanskrit: ksiravidari, vidari, vidari-kanda • Tamil: palmudangi, palmudukan kizhangu • Telugu: bhuchakragradda, nelagummudu
… help me by validating the vernacular names, and providing them in their native scripts
Native to: nativity obscure; widely naturalized
References: Flowers of India • Common Indian Wild Flowers, a book by Isaac Kehimkar • Further Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar
more views:Aug 11, 2007 … at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
Sep 12 2009 … at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra
… more views at flickr.

Nice photos…extra-floral nectaries apparently present…hopefully someday we can see photos of ripe seeds….

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Plz id this flower: pa6 – 25oct2012:
Plz id this wild flower also from forest region of Yeoor. Tks.

It looks like Ipomoea stipulacea

Thank you … I got a reply from … who identified it as Ipomoea digitata so I am confused now about the species. Hope to get more clarity.

Ipomoea mauritiana.

Thank you … I found on the net that Ipomoea mauritiana and Ipomoea digitata are synonymous so it validates … id.

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Names of Plants in India :: Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. :  1 image. 4 posts by 3 authors.
via Species‎ > ‎I‎ > ‎  Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. … family: Convolvulaceae 

Flowers of India Discussions at efloraofindia more views in flickr more views on Google Earth
ip-oh-MEE-a or eye-poh-MEE-a — worm-like, referring to coiled flower bud … Dave’s Botanary
maw-rih-tee-AY-nuh — of or from Mauritania, a North African area … NPGS / GRIN
commonly known as: giant potato, Mauritanian convolvulus • Bengali: ভুঁইকুমড়া bhumikumra • Hindi: भुईं कोहड़ा bhuyi kohada, बिलाई कन्द bilayi kand • Kannada: ಭೂಮಿ ಚಕ್ರ ಗೆಡ್ಡೆ bhoomi chakra gedde, ನೆಲಗುಮ್ಬಳ nelagumbala • Konkani: भूमिकुंव्हळी bhumikumvali • Malayalam: പാൽമുതുക്ക് palmutukk • Marathi: भुईकोहळा bhuikohala • Oriya: ଭୁଇଁ କଖାରୁ bhuin kakharu • Sanskrit: विदारी vidari • Tamil: நிலப்பூசனி nila-p-pucani, பால்முடங்கி pal-mutanki • Telugu: భూచక్రగడ్డ bhuchakra gadda, నేల గుమ్మడి nela gummadi
… and, more names lesser known / used:
Oriya: ବାରାହୀ କନ୍ଦ barahi kanda, ବୃଷ୍ଯକନ୍ଦା brushyakanda, ସିତା Sita, ଶୃଗାଳିକା srugalika • Sanskrit: भूकुष्माण्डी bhukushmandi, गजेष्टा gajeshta, गन्धफला gandhaphala, इक्षुगन्धा iksu-gandha, इक्षुवल्लरी ikshuvallari, क्षीरकन्द kshirakanda, महाश्वेता mahashveta, पयःकन्दा payahkanda, पयस्विन payas-vin, पयोलता payolata, पयोविदारिका payovidarika, ऋक्षगन्धा rksagandha, सृगाली srgali, स्वादुकन्दा svadukanda, स्वादुलता svadulata, तृणगन्धा trnagandha, वारिवल्लभा varivallabha, वृक्षकन्द vrksakanda, वृष्यकन्दा vrsyakanda, वृष्यवल्लिका vrsyavallika
botanical names: Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. … synonyms: Ipomoea digitata auct. • Ipomoea insignis Ker Gawl. …NPGS / GRIN
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Photographed at Sanjay Gandhi National Park on 26 AUG 07

Lovely picture …
The Malayalam name seems to be missing the second letter. It is പാല്‍മുതുക്ക്. It means ‘milky tuber’.
Yet another name for the same plant that I came across in Malayalam is അഞ്ചിലത്താളി (Anjilathali).
The term ‘താളി’ (thali) is a general Malayalam word used to indicate any leaf whose extract can be used as a shampoo. Anjila means five leaves. So the name would mean ‘Five-leaved thali’. Perhaps these leaves are used as a shampoo. I am not sure.

Thanks very very much … for the name, and related information. Somehow this post skipped my attention then.
Names update …

ip-oh-MEE-a or eye-poh-MEE-a — worm-like; referring to coiled flower bud … Dave’s Botanary
maw-rih-tee-AY-na — of Mauritius, from the Mascarene islands … Dave’s Botanary

commonly known as: alligator yam, giant potato, milky yam, panicled bindweed, white yam • Bengali: ভোজকুমড়া bhojakumra, ভুঁইকুমড়া bhumikumra, বিলাইকান্দি bilaikandi, হুপতা আলু hupata alu, কুমড়াকলমি kumrakalmi • Gujarati: ક્ષીર વિદારીકંદ kshira vidarikand • Hindi: भुईं कोहड़ा bhuyi kohada, बिलाई कन्द bilayi kand • Kannada: ಭುಜ ಗುಂಬಳ bhooja gumbala, ಭೂ ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಗಡ್ಡೆ bhoo sakkare gadde, ನೆಲ ಗುಡ್ಡ ಗೆಣಸು nela gudda genasu, ನೆಲಗುಂಬಳ nelagumbala, ವಿದಾರಿ vidari • Konkani: भूमिकुंव्हळी bhumikumvali, ಭುಂಯ್ಕುವಾಳೆ bhuyukuvale • Malayalam: അഞ്ചിലത്താളി anjilathali, പാൽമുതുക്ക് palmutukk • Marathi: भुईकोहळा bhuikohala, क्षीर विदारी कंद kshira vidari kand • Odia: ବାରାହୀ କନ୍ଦ barahi kanda, ଭୁଇଁ କଖାରୁ bhuin kakharu, ବୃଷ୍ଯକନ୍ଦା brushyakanda, ସିତା sita, ଶୃଗାଳିକା srugalika • Sanskrit: भूकुष्माण्डी bhukushmandi, गजेष्टा gajeshta, गन्धफला gandhaphala, इक्षुगन्धा ikshugandha, इक्षुवल्ली ikshuvalli, क्षीरकन्द kshirakanda, क्षीरविदारी kshiravidari, महाश्वेता mahashveta, पयःकन्दा payahkanda, पयोलता payolata, पयोविदारिका payovidarika, ऋक्षगन्धा rksagandha, सृगाली srgali, स्वादुकन्दा svadukanda, स्वादुलता svadulata, तृणगन्धा trnagandha, वारिवल्लभा varivallabha, विदारी vidari, वृक्षकन्द vrksakanda, वृष्यकन्दा vrsyakanda, वृष्यवल्लिका vrsyavallika • Tamil: இலதை ilatai, நகத்தயிர் nakattayir, நிலப்பூசனி nila-p-pucani, பால்முடங்கி pal-mutanki, பூச்சர்க்கரைக்கிழங்கு pu-c-carkkarai-k-kilanku, உலவை ulavai, வள்ளி valli • Telugu: భూ చక్ర గడ్డ bhoochakra gadda, చిరు గుమ్ముడు chiru gummudu, గుమ్ముడు gummudu, కర్కారుకము karkaarukamu, మట్ట పాలతీగ matta-paltiga, నల్ల నేల గుమ్ముడు nalla nelagummudu, నేల గుమ్మడి nelagummadi, నేల కుంభుడు nelakumbudu, పాల గుమ్ముడు palagummudu, పాలమోదిక్కు paalamodikku, విదారికంద vidarikanda • Tulu: ನೆಲಕುಂಬುಡ nelakumbuda

botanical names: Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. … homotypic synonyms: Ipomoea paniculata var. mauritiana (Jacq.) Kuntze … heterotypic synonyms: Batatas paniculata (L.) Choisy • Convolvulus paniculatus L. • *Ipomoea digitata Anon., non L. • Ipomoea paniculata (L.) R.Br., nom. illeg. … and more at POWO

*NOTE: Ipomoea mauritiana has often been misidentified as I. digitata (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, a West Indian endemic that does not occur in Asia … Flora of China

Bibliography / etymology

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
alligator yam, milky yam, white yam
giant potato
panicled bindweed
  • for *Ipomoea digitata Anon., non L. … Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
ভোজকুমড়া bhojakumra, ভুঁইকুমড়া bhumikumra, বিলাইকান্দি bilaikandi, হুপতা আলু hupata alu, কুমড়াকলমি kumrakalmi
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
ક્ષીર વિદારીકંદ kshira vidarikand
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
भुईं कोहड़ा bhuyi kohada
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಭುಜ ಗುಂಬಳ bhooja gumbala
ಭೂ ಸಕ್ಕರೆ ಗಡ್ಡೆ bhoo sakkare gadde
ನೆಲ ಗುಡ್ಡ ಗೆಣಸು nela gudda genasu
ನೆಲಗುಂಬಳ nelagumbala
ವಿದಾರಿ vidari
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
भूमिकुंव्हळी bhumikumvali
ಭುಂಯ್ಕುವಾಳೆ bhuyukuvale
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
അഞ്ചിലത്താളി anjilathali
പാൽമുതുക്ക് palmutukk
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
भुईकोहळा bhuikohala
क्षीर विदारी कंद kshira vidari kand
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
ବାରାହୀ କନ୍ଦ barahi kanda, ଭୁଇଁ କଖାରୁ bhuin kakharu, ବୃଷ୍ଯକନ୍ଦା brushyakanda, ସିତା sita, ଶୃଗାଳିକା srugalika
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
भूकुष्माण्डी bhukushmandi, गजेष्टा gajeshta, गन्धफला gandhaphala, इक्षुगन्धा ikshugandha (or इक्षुगन्धिका ikshugandhika), इक्षुवल्ली ikshuvalli (or इक्षुवल्लरी ikshuvallari), क्षीरकन्द kshirakanda, महाश्वेता mahashveta, पयःकन्दा payahkanda, पयोलता payolata, पयोविदारिका payovidarika, ऋक्षगन्धा rksagandha (or ऋक्षगन्धिका rksagandhika), सृगाली srgali (or सृगालिका srgalika), स्वादुकन्दा svadukanda, स्वादुलता svadulata, तृणगन्धा trnagandha, वारिवल्लभा varivallabha, विदारी vidari (or विदारिका vidarika), वृक्षकन्द vrksakanda, वृष्यकन्दा vrsyakanda, वृष्यवल्लिका vrsyavallika
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क्षीरविदारी kshiravidari
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
நிலப்பூசனி nila-p-pucani
பால்முடங்கி pal-mutanki
இலதை ilatai, நகத்தயிர் nakattayir, பூச்சர்க்கரைக்கிழங்கு pu-c-carkkarai-k-kilanku, உலவை ulavai, வள்ளி valli
  • for panicled bindweed … Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
భూ చక్ర గడ్డ bhoochakra gadda, చిరు గుమ్ముడు chiru gummudu, గుమ్ముడు gummudu, కర్కారుకము karkaarukamu, మట్ట పాలతీగ matta-paltiga (or మెట్ట పాలతీగ metta-paltiga), నల్ల నేల గుమ్ముడు nalla nelagummudu (or నేల గుమ్ముడు nelagummudu), నేల గుమ్మడి nelagummadi, నేల కుంభుడు nelakumbudu, పాలమోదిక్కు paalamodikku
పాల గుమ్ముడు palagummudu, విదారికంద vidarikanda
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~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
ನೆಲಕುಂಬುಡ nelakumbuda
*NOTE: Ipomoea mauritiana has often been misidentified as I. digitata (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, a West Indian endemic that does not occur in Asia … Flora of China
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Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/05/ipomoea-mauritiana-jacq.html

Spelling of both Malayalam and English names are correct.

This is regarding kannada name  ನೆಲಗುಮ್ಬಳ nelagumbala. The  correct form of  the word in Kannada is   ನೆಲಗುಂಬಳ, though the English transliteration nelagumbala is correct.

I fully agree with your correction. Such spellings I had written when I was referring to one site called Kannada Kasturi, which no longer exists.

I will do the correction shortly.

You must have inadvertently referred to my older compilation dated 28 April 2013.

I have already revised the spelling, just as you suggested, in my newer compilation link dated 3 May 2023.

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Can you please ID this ornamental climber with large pink flowers. It trails on other trees and fences. Photo was taken in a private property in Dec 2012

If the flower is about 6 cm then this would be Ipomoea mauritiana.

Ipomoea nauritiana commonly known as Palmuthakku in Malayalam

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