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Blue Morning Glory

Ipomoea indica

Photo by ChunXingWong
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Field Notes

Description:

Bluish purple Morning Glory flowers sticking out from the bush.
From the Ipomoea genus.
Only a couple of them are shown in this photograph.

Habitat:

Kundasang highlands, Sabah.

Notes:

I rarely see bluish purple morning glory flowers in Malaysia.
The common species here are plain purple (not bluish).
>>>Map accuracy : 20m diameter.

Species ID Suggestions

White Edge Morning Glory

Ipomoea nil
Ron Kushner
2

Morning Glory

Ipomoea sp.

LachlanHart
2

Comments (3)
Ron Kushner
The flower and the sepals are those of Ipomoea nil.
ChunXingWong
Thank you LachlanHart, you have gave me a good start on it's ID. This is the closest I can get from Malaysia, looks alike but still not the same species http://www.flickr.com/photos/22434037@N03/2424922592/
LachlanHart
This is definitely an Ipomoea or Morning Glory as you say but it is almost impossible to know exactly what species without a lengthy process of elimination on the basis of distribution and other characteristics. There are over 500 species in this genus. It is the largest genus of the Convolvulaceae family :-)

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