Vigorous annual herb . Stems climbing or twining , up to 1m or more long , glabrous , stout , armed with soft herbaceous spines . Leaves simple , smooth , soft , alternate , pale green , ovate or , rarely , 3-lobed , base cordate with rounded auricles , apex abruptly acuminate with a more/less mucronulate tip , petiolate . Inflorescences axillary , solitary , of 1 – 2 (– 5)-flowered , pedunculate cymes . Flowers sepals unequal , narrowly ovate with a fleshy caudate awn , glabrous ; corolla dark lilac , glabrous , funnel-shaped . Fruit capsule , ovoid , glabrous , rostrate . Seeds two to four , black , glabrous . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 3) .
No Data
Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Not Common
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Bonanox muricata (L.) Raf.
Calonyction muricatum (L.) G.Don
Convolvulus colubrinus Blanco
Ipomoea turbinata Lag.
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Lilac Bell
Lavender Moonvine
Purple Moonflower
Clove Bean
Lavender Moonflower
Not recorded yet.
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.gbif.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org