Amari-Bush morning glory

Recents

Neyveli kattamankku
amari

It is commonly called as Behaya, Beshram, Sada Suhagan in Hindi, Mahananda, Gargil in Marathi, Kolmi phul or Dholakmari in Bengali, Thutu Kada in Telugu, Kattu Poovarasu, Neyveli kattamankku in Tamil, Neyveli kattain Malayalam.  In some area it has different local names like in Madhypradesh it is called Tamesar, Karmi, Kanbayeri, in Rajasthan it is called Aak or Bilayati Aakda, Karmatta, Barganda   in Chattishgarh, Nafhatvel , Akadia in Gujarat, Gulabasi or  Gulbansa in Punjab, in Bihar it is called Ankahal, Latda, Kalmi Poudha, khacharlatee,Thetar etc. In Odisha we call it Amari.

It is known as Shrubby Morning Glory or Bush Morning Glory in English.

The Botanical name is Ipomoea Carnea,


Shrubby Morning Glory
Neyveli kattamankku leaf

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