Division: Spermatophyta

Class: Dicotyledonae
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species: Ipomoea triloba
Scientific name: Ipomea triloba
Common name: Trilobe Morning Glory
Local name/names: Karakamote

Collector: Ronel C. Recilla

Date collected: December 07, 2023
Place of Collection: P-4C Pob. Tagbina,
Surigao del Sur, Philippines at Lat 8.452396°
Long 126.167788°

Natural Habitat: cultivated fields, sandy grounds, grassy swamp margins, brushwoods, living
fences, sugarcane fields, roadsides, and wasteplaces.
Morphological Description:
Ipomoea triloba is an herbaceous twining vine, climbing, sometimes trailing. The stem is
smooth or hairy with long sparse hairs. The leaves are alternate, simple, and more or
less deeply tri-lobed. The lobes are rounded or acute; the base is largely indented to
cordate. This is a fast-growing, vining, annual herb producing long, thin stems with ivy-
like, petioled, heart-shaped leaves 2.5–6 centimetres (0.98–2.36 in) long.[1] The leaves
sometimes, but not always, have three lobes. The vines produce tubular bell-shaped
flowers, each about two centimeters long. They are quite variable in color, in shades of
pink, red or lavender, with or without white markings.

Means of Reproduction/propagation:
It is propagated by seed.

Damage to crop:

Ipomoea triloba grows rapidly and can quickly outcompete crops for light, water, and
nutrients. This can lead to stunted growth, reduced yield, and even crop failure.

Traditional Uses/ethnobotanical uses:

Little bell plants have some medicinal uses in curing headaches and stomach ailments.

References:1980. An alternative to aerial spraying. Cane Growers' Quarterly Bulletin,

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