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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MH160 : Convolvulus flavus Willd

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 322  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Solanales
Family : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family
Genus : Convolvulus L. - bindweed
Species : Convolvulus flavus
Plant Location in Melghat : Among grasses on hill slopes on Chikhaldara and Vairat plateaux  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : Rare  
Plant Family : Convolvulaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Ivy Woodrose, Hemali, Komalata, Elikkatutalai, Kudichivalli
 
Synonym : Merremia hederacea (Burm. f.) Hallier f.
Convolvulus lapathifolius Spreng.
Convolvulus luteolus Wight ex Wall.
Convolvulus obdentatus Steud.
Convolvulus obtusilobus Michx.
Convolvulus repens Sw.
Convolvulus rufescens Choisy
Convolvulus vahlii Spreng.
Evolvulus hederaceus Burm. fil.
Ipomoea acetosellifolia (Desr.) Choisy
Ipomoea chrysoides Ker-Gawl.
Ipomoea chrysotricha var. boliviana Meisn.
Ipomoea dentata (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
Ipomoea subtriflora Zoll. & Moritzi
Lepistemon glaber Hand.-Mazz.
Lepistemon muricatum Span.
Merremia chryseides (Ker-Gawl.) Hall. fil. Merremia convolvulacea Dennst. ex Hall. fil.
Convolvulus acetosellifolius Desr.
Convolvulus biflorus Forssk.
Convolvulus chryseides (Ker-Gawl.) Spreng.
Convolvulus dentatus Vahl
Convolvulus denticulatus Steud.
Description : Prostrate or twining herbs; stem often warty. Leaves 2-4 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate, rarely 3-lobed, base cordate, apex acuminate-apiculate, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; petiole 1-2 cm long. Cymes many-flowered, axillary; peduncle 2-4 cm long. Sepals unequal, obovate, notched and mucronulate, outer c. 3 mm long, inner c. 4 mm long. Corolla yellow, campanulate, c. 1.3 cm across. Capsule c. 5 mm long, obconical, slightly 4-lobed. Seeds black, glabrous or puberulent.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : A poultice of the leaves, combined with turmeric (Curcuma longa) and broken rice, is used to heal cracks in the hands and feet. The plant is used medicinally for treating acute tonsillitis.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : -
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :