MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC025 : Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 328 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Occasional throughout | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Convolvulaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | blue morning glory, Japanese morning glory, white-edge morning glory, kaladana, neelkalmi, neelpushpi, kalanjani, krishnabijah, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Convolvulus hederaceus L. Convolvulus nil L. Convolvulus tomentosus Vell. Ipomoea cuspidata Ruiz & Pav. Ipomoea desertorum House Ipomoea hederacea Baker & Rendle Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. Ipomoea hederacea var. integriuscula A. Gray Ipomoea longicuspis Meisn. Ipomoea nil var. setosa (Blume) Boerl. Ipomoea scabra Forssk. Ipomoea setosa Blume Ipomoea trichocalyx Steud. Ipomoea vaniotiana H. Lév. Pharbitis cuspidata (Ruiz & Pav.) G. Don Pharbitis githaginea Hochst. Pharbitis hederacea (L.) Choisy Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy Pharbitis purpurea Asch. in Schweinf. |
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| Description : | Annual climbers, densely to scattered pubescent with large trichomes throughout. Leaves ovate to suborbicular, 5-15 cm long, entire or 3(-5)-lobed, basally cordate, the lobes apically acute to acuminate, pubescent. Flowers in 1-6 flowered cymes. Sepals long-lanceolate, 15-25 mm long, with linear-lanceolate apices, densely long-hirsute, at least at the base. Corolla blue (also purple or almost scarlet in cultivated varieties), throat white, 3-5 cm long. Fruit capsular, subglobose to globose, 8-12 mm long. Seeds pyriform, densely pubescent with short trichomes. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | in the treatment of elephantiasis; purgative; seeds are diuretic, anthelminthic and laxative and are prescribed for oedema and constipation, to promote menstruation or cause abortion (abortifacient). | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Pharsyringaresinol Pharbilignoside Pharbiniloside Osmanthuside H Osmanthuside J oleic acid linoleic acid linolenic acid Pharnilatins A Pharnilatins B Beta-sitosterol daucosterol caffeic acid methyl caffeoate |
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