Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy
Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy
Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy
MC046 : Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 325 |
| Synonym | : | Ipomoea carnea Jacq. subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D. F. Austin;
Batatas crassicaulis Benth.;
Ipomoea crassicaulis (Benth.) B. L. Rob.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | bush morning glory; besharam; besharam; thutu kada; |
| Plant Family | : | Convolvulaceae |
| Description | : | Growth Form: A robust, fast-growing, erect shrub or climber that constantly produces eye-catching pink trumpet-like flowers pleasantly accompanied by light green heart-shaped leaves.
Foliage: Leaves simple, ovate-lanceolate (oval to lance-shaped; narrow and tapering to a pointed apex), alternate, light green, 10 to 25 cm long, pubescent (covered with soft, short hair) especially beneath; petioles 4.2 to 6.2 cm long.
Stems: Stem woody, light brown to beige, hollow, slender, glabrous (smooth; not rough or hairy).
Flowers: Flowers in cymes, trumpet-shaped, a smooth blend of white with pale pink to purple, with a darker purplish corolla throat, 5 to 9 cm long, up to 11 cm in diameter, clustering at end of branches; pedicel 0.5 to 1.5 cm long, perianth 2, whorled; calyx 5 to 6 mm long, corolla 4 to 8 cm long; sepals 5, all of which free; petals 5, all joined in a funnel shape; stamens 5,
Fruits: Fruits ovoid (oval), glabrous, capsule-like, non-fleshy, dehiscent, up to 2 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, pale brown brown when ripe; seeds black, about 1 cm long, covered with long, woolly, brown trichomes (hair-like outgrowth). |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Planted on field borde |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Sedative, Anti-convulsant, Anti-carcinogenic and oxytoxic. Medicinal (Roots have laxative effects and are boiled and used to provoke menstruation, and are traditionally a treatment for skin diseases. Milky sap of plant has been traditionally used to treat Leucoderma and other related skin diseases (only external applications have been recommended due to the plant's poisonous nature). Plant has depressant effect on central nervous system and also shows muscle relaxant properties. ) |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve |
| Reference | : | ~ Smita J and Patil UK; "Effect of Ipomoea carnea Jacq. flowers on hematological changes in toulene diisocyanate-induced inflammation in Wistar rats"; Chin J Nat Med (2014); 12(3): 161-66 PMID : 24702800 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| 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 fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy |