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Obscure Morning Glory

Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.

Botanical name	: Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.
Common Name	: Obscure morning glory / Pan bel
Family	: Convolvulaceae
Synonym	: Convolvulus obscurus
About	: It is a perennial vine. This plant is native to tropical Africa, Asia (India) and the South Pacific. The leaves are green, alternate, hairless to sparsely hairy, and either heart-shaped or oval-shaped. The stems are slender, twining or trailing, and almost hairless to sometime hairy .The funnel-shaped, solitary or grouped flowers are white or pale yellow with a darker yellow 5-pointed star shape and have a dark purple throat and 5 green, hairless to lightly hairy, egg-shaped sepals. The flowers are followed by rounded, hairless, point-tipped ovoid capsule, 7-10 mm long, apiculate, opening with 4 valves, up to 4-seeded. Seeds ovoid, 4 mm long, black, pubescent with reflexed sepals. Seed is poisonous if ingested. Ipomoea obscura has also ornamental value as a climber with attractive flowers.