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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH158 : Argyreia sericea Dalz. & Gib.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 319  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Solanales
Family : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family
Genus : Argyreia
Species : Argyreia sericea Dalz. & Gib.
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Convolvulaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Silky Morning Glory, Silky wood rose, Samudra balli, Garvel
 
Synonym : Argyreia leschenaultii Thw.
Ipomoea bracteata J. Grah.
Description : Densely hirsute stout climbing shrubs. Leaves to 13 x 10 cm, deltoid, ovate to lanceolate, apex acute, base truncate, pubescent above, densely hirsute below; petiole to 4 cm. Cymes axillary; bracts 4 x 1.5 cm, oblong, tomentose; peduncles to 10 cm, pubescent; calyx lobes 1 x 0.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate, pubescent, except the overlapping part, slightly unequal; corolla funnel shaped, tube 6 cm long, pink, hirsute on outside, especially on the conduplication. Berry 3 cm across, fruiting calyx enlarged.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : root and leaves are taken to improve lactation
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : -
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :