Ipomoea hederifolia L. - scarletcreeper
Ipomoea hederifolia L. - scarletcreeper
Ipomoea hederifolia L. - scarletcreeper
Ipomoea hederifolia L. - scarletcreeper
Ipomoea hederifolia L. - scarletcreeper
Ipomoea hederifolia L. - scarletcreeper
MC024 : Ipomoea hederifolia L.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 327 |
| Synonym | : | Convolvulus acutangulus (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng.; Convolvulus angulatus (Lam.) Spreng.; Convolvulus coccineus var. hederifolius (L.) Kuntze; Convolvulus hederifolius (L.) Spreng.; Convolvulus luteolus (Jacq.) Spreng.; Convolvulus phoeniceus (Roxb.) Spreng.; Convolvulus sanguineus (Vahl) Spreng.; Doxema sanguinea (Vahl) Raf.; Ipomoea angularis Willd.; Ipomoea angulata Lam.; Ipomoea brevipedicellata (Hallier f.) Hallier f.; Ipomoea coccinea Sessé & Moc.; Ipomoea coccinea var. curviflora Griseb.; Ipomoea coccinea var. hederifolia (L.) A. Gray; Ipomoea coccinea var. luteola (Jacq.) Meisn.; Ipomoea hephrophylla Meisn.; Ipomoea luteola Jacq.; Ipomoea nephrophylla Meisn.; Ipomoea phoenicea Roxb.; Ipomoea sanguinea Vahl; Mina hederifolia (L.) Bello; Quamoclit acutangula (Ruiz & Pav.) Choisy; Quamoclit angulata (Lam.) Bojer; Quamoclit brevipedicellata Hallier f.; Quamoclit coccinea var. hederifolia (L.) House; Quamoclit coccinea var. luteola (Jacq.) Choisy; Quamoclit coccinea var. luteola (Jacq.) House; Quamoclit dichotoma (Kunth) G. Don; Quamoclit hederifolia (L.) G. Don; Quamoclit luteola (Jacq.) G. Don; Quamoclit phoenicea (Roxb.) Choisy; Quamoclit sanguinea (Vahl) G. Don; |
| Plant Common Name | : | ivy-leaf morning glory, scarlet creeper, scarlet morning glory, star ipomoea, trompillo, lal pungli, |
| Plant Family | : | Convolvulaceae |
| Description | : | Annual climbers, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Leaves ovate to suborbicular, 2-15 cm long, entire, dentate, trilobate or with 5-7 lobes, basally cordate, acute to acuminate apically, mostly glabrous. Flowers in few-to several-flowered cymes or solitary. Sepals oblong to elliptic, 1.5-3 mm long, apically obtuse to tru ncate, the outer with a 1.6-6 mm long subterminal fleshy arista, glabrous. Corolla red to red-yellow, 2.5-4.5 cm long, salverform. Fruit capsular, subglobose, 6-8 mm long. Seeds dark brown or black, pyriform. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The plant is considered cooling and purgative; used in cancer and Brest pain. Pounded leaves are applied to bleeding piles and as a plaster to carbuncles (Yusuf et al. 2009). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Quamoclins I; Quamoclins II; Quamoclins III; Quamoclins IV; Jalapin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Jenett Siems K, Schimming T, Kaloga M, Eich E, Siems K, Gupta MP, Witte L, Hartmann T 1998. Pyrrolizidine alkaloids of Ipomoea hederifolia and related species. Phytochemistry 47: 1551 1560 |
| Reference | : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Solanales |
| Family | : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family |
| Genus | : Ipomoea L. - morning-glory |
| Species | : Ipomoea hederifolia L. - scarletcreeper |