Ipomoea eriocarpa R.Br.
Ipomoea eriocarpa R.Br.
Ipomoea eriocarpa R.Br.
MH162 : Ipomoea eriocarpa R.Br.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 324 |
| 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.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Tiny Morning Glory, Woolly Fruited Morning Glory, buta, Maal ghanti, Raanbhovari, Purititige, Mullu balli, Paninoi, Nakhari |
| Plant Family | : | Convolvulaceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| 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 | : | COMPOUNDS: Beta-Sitosterol; Phytol; Hentriacontane; Campesterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Beta-sitosterol; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ipomoea+eriocarpa
- http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200018847
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Tiny%20Morning%20Glory.html
- http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/151862/9/09_chapter%202.pdf |
| Reference | : | ~ 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 eriocarpa R.Br. |