"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them."- A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
Commonly cultivated as a show plant and a weed growing on fences along road sides in Maharashtra it is a native of Tropical America.
Cypress vine is known as "Ganesh vel" and flowers from August to December coinciding with Ganesh chathurthi. It is said all red flowers are dear to Lord Ganesh.
Cypress vine / Star glory /
Humming bird plant
(Ipomoea quamoclit)
Hindi : कामलता
Marathi: गणेशवेल
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August 2020