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Argyreia nervosa

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Burman f.) Bojer

Propagation

C.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Hardiness Zone

Min 13C 10-11

Common Names

• Woolly Morning Glory
• Silken Cord
• Elephant Creeper
• Guguli (India)
• Bich-tarak (India)
• Kazun-gyi (Myanmar)
• Liane d'argent (Guadeloupe
• Haiti
• Martinique)
• Liane à tonnelle (Guadeloupe
• Haiti
• Martinique)
• Liane de soie (Guadeloupe
• Martinique)
• Liane à vonvon (Guadeloupe
• Martinique)
• Elephant Climber( Barbados)
• Coup d'Air (Haiti)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• India
• Myanmar
• Nepal

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• hedges

Flowering Times

• Jul-Aug (India)

Fruiting Times

Large woody white tomentose twining liana to 10m or creeper with leaves to 300mm x 250mm, glabrous above, villous beneath. Axillary cymes or umbels of 75mm flowers rosy-purple inside & white outside with bracts to 50mm long, outer sepals to 15mm long, inner ones to 12mm long all tomentose outside glabrous within, corolla to 60mm long. Puberulous brown berries to 15mm x 20mm

Rampant, can become a garden escapee, naturalized throughout tropics

Used medicinally in India

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• NYBG
• Llamas 2003
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• VOPR
• USNH
• Flora Malesiana
• JAA
• Kew