MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC027 : Ipomoea quamoclit L. |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 331 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Convolvulaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Ganesh Puspa, American jasmine, bed jasmine, cardinal creeper, China creeper, cupid flower, Cypress vine, hummingbird vine, Indian forget-me-not, Indian pink, Sita's hairs, star glory, star of bethlehem, sweet-willy, kamlata, sitakesh, akashvel,ganeshvel,ishakpench | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Convolvulus pennatifolius Salisb. Convolvulus pinnatus Desr. Convolvulus quamoclit (L.) Spreng. Ipomoea cyamoclita St.-Lag. Quamoclit pinnata (Desr.) Bojer Quamoclit quamoclit (L.) Britton Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy Quamoclit vulgaris var. albiflora G. Don |
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| Description : | Climbers, the stems glabrous. Leaves 1-9 cm long, ovate to deeply pinnatisect with 9-19 alternate or opposite pairs of linear lobes, glabrous. Flowers solitary or in 2-5-flowered cymes. Sepals elliptic to oblong, 4-7 mm long, obtuse apically, with a 0.25-0.75 mm long mucrone, glabrous. Corolla red, 2-3 cm long, salverform. Fruit capsular, ovoid, 6-8 mm long. Seeds dark brown to black, with dark patches of short trichomes scattered somewhat irregularly. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Anti-cancer (leaf): Ho et al., 2015; The whole plant is crushed and applied externally on carbuncles. The juice is used along with other ingredients in case of blood dysentery, piles and body weakness. It is used as folk medicine around the world for various illnesses, such as hemorrhoids, ulcers, breast pain, snake bites, diabetes, fever, piles and as an antibiotic (Rajendran et al., 2007; Sajem et al., 2008). | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Quamoclins I Quamoclins II Quamoclins III Quamoclins IV Jalapin Quamoclinic acid B Quamoclinic acid C Quamoclinic acid D Quamoclinic acid E Quamoclinic acid F Quamoclinic acid G Quamoclinic acid H |
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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