Swamp morning glory - Ipomoea Aquatica

Common Name :	Water Spinach, Water morning glory, Water convolvulus.
Botanical Name :	Ipomoea Aquatica
Family :	Convolvulaceae
Bengali Name :	Sada Kolmi.
Photo Taken :	Bangladesh

It's another flower from Morning glory family (Convolvulaceae). It has different names around the world such as Water Spinach, Water morning glory, Water convolvulus, Swamp morning glory, etc. Botanical name of the flower is Ipomoea Aquatica. Unlike other morning glory flower, this one uses to grow at fresh water and uses to grow very fast. In Bangladesh we call this Kolmi.





Swamp Morning Glory (Ipomoea Aquatica) a perennial herbaceous trailing vine and cannot grow at low temperature region. This vascular plant can grow equally in water and at the bank of wetlands (or moist soil). The color of this flower is bright white and shaped like a funnel. Other characteristics are similar to the morning glory flowers.

Morning glory plant in Boga Lake, Bandarban, Bangladesh.

We can use this plant as vegetable and it's very palatable (specially the stir fry one.). In some countries people cultivate this to feed the cattle and pigs. In most of the countries this is considered as a noxious weed and almost impossible to eradicate. The seeds can remain dormant for approximately 30 years. Also it would grow at next year even from a tiny amount of root (if exists). More about Swamp Morning Glory (Ipomoea Aquatica) is available at WikiPedia.

A star formed inside the funnel shaped flower

Photos of Swamp Morning Glory (Ipomoea Aquatica) were taken from different locations of Bangladesh in different time. In Bangladesh this flower is known as Shada kolmi ful (সাদা কলমি ফুল).


This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icflora.blogspot.com/