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Cypress Vine

Ipomoea quamoclit

Photo by SukanyaDatta
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Field Notes

Description:

Plant is a creeper that tends to smother everything...invasive. Leaves are like the teeth of a comb. The flower is small, tubular. Red. Pretty.

Habitat:

This used to be a common garden flower but is rarely seen now. This one is a potted plant on a terrace.

Notes:

Simply covers everything nearby in a green leafy curtain.
Called Kunja-lata or Toru-lata in Bangla. Lata is a generic term for creepers.

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Ipomoea quamoclit

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