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MH162 : Ipomoea eriocarpa R.Br.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 324  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Solanales
Family : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family
Genus : Ipomoea L. - morning-glory
Species : Ipomoea eriocarpa R.Br.
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Herbs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Convolvulaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Tiny Morning Glory, Woolly Fruited Morning Glory, buta, Maal ghanti, Raanbhovari, Purititige, Mullu balli, Paninoi, Nakhari
 
Synonym : Convolvulus angulatus Spreng.
Convolvulus curtana Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Convolvulus eriocarpus (R. Br.) Spreng.
Convolvulus hirtus Wight ex Steud.
Convolvulus hispidus Vahl
Convolvulus phoeniceus Spreng.
Convolvulus rampania Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Convolvulus sessiliflorus (Roth) Spreng.
Convolvulus tamnifolius Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
Ipomoea carsonii Baker
Ipomoea conferta G. Don
Ipomoea hispida (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
Ipomoea horsfieldiana Miq.
Ipomoea ligulata Boj.
Ipomoea sessiliflora Roth
Ipomoea sphaerocephala Sweet
Ipomoea trematosperma Hochst. ex Choisy
Jacqemontia thomensis Henriq.
Quamoclit angulata (Roem. & Schult.) Boj.
Quamoclit phoenicea Choisy
Tirtalia hispida (Vahl) Rafin.
Description : Plants twining or prostrate, retrorsely to patently pilose. Leaves lanceolate to oblong or linear-lanceolate to ovate, 2.5-9 cm long, cordate basally, attenuate to acuminate apically, pubescent on both surfaces. Flowers axillary, in sessile or short-pedunculate cymes or almost heads. Sepals linear acuminate from an ovate base, 7-8 mm long, pilose. Corolla tubular to slightly longer than sepals, 7-9 mm long, pink or purple. Fruits capsular, broadly ovoid to globular, 5-6 mm long, pubescent. Seeds glabrous, minutely reticulate. Fl. Per.: August to October.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : An oil extract used externally against headache, rheumatism, leprosy, epilepsy, ulcers and fever. In veterinary medicine, the oil extracts used to cure wounds of cattle. anti-arthritic, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic, anti-diabetic, anti-pyretic, antisecretory, anti-oxidant,
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Beta-Sitosterol
Phytol
Hentriacontane
Campesterol
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :