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Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult.

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Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAmphione asarifolia (Desr.) Rafin.
synonymConvolvulus asarifolius Desr.
synonymConvolvulus beladambu Spreng.
synonymConvolvulus flagelliformis Roxb.
synonymConvolvulus rugosus Rottl.
synonymConvolvulus urbicus Salzm. ex Choisy
synonymIpomoea beladamboe Roem. & Schult.
synonymIpomoea crassifolia Cav.
synonymIpomoea flagelliformis Steud.
synonymIpomoea grisebachii Prain
synonymIpomoea latifolia M. Mart. & Gal.
synonymIpomoea nymphaeifolia Griseb.
synonymIpomoea pes-caprae var. heterosepala Chodat & Hassl.
synonymIpomoea repens Lam.
synonymIpomoea rugosa (Rottl.) Choisy
synonymIpomoea urbica (Salzm. ex Choisy) Choisy
synonymIpomoea urbica var. muricata Choisy
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Stems herbaceous, decumbent and the tips, twining, rooting at the nodes, glabrous. Leaves alternate, rounded-cordate to subreniform, 4-8 cm long, basally cordate, apically rounded, glabrescent. Inflorescences of solitary flowers or in axillary or terminal simple or compound cymes, glabrous or puberulent. Flowers on pedicels 14-24 mm long. Sepals unequal, the outer 5-6 mm long, the inner 10-12 mm long, elliptic to ovate, coriaceous, rounded apically, mucronate, glabrous, verrucose. Corolla lavender to purple, rarely white, 6-8 cm long, funnelform. Fruits tardily dehiscent capsules, subglobose, 10-12 mm long, brown, glabrous; seeds brown to dark brown, 6-7 mm long, minutely gray-pubescent.
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
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    References 
      Habit: Herb
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: October-December
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Plains, Moist Localities
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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          Status UNDER_CREATION
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            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat
            Damp fields
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
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              Description
              Global Distribution

              Peninsular India and Sri Lanka

              Indian distribution

              State - Kerala, District/s: Kasaragode, Kollam, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode

              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Karnataka: S. Kanara Kerala: Kasaragod, Kollam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram Tamil Nadu: All districts
                G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
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                  📚 Occurrence
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                  📚 Uses and Management
                  Uses

                  System of Medicines Used In

                  Folk medicine
                  Folk medicine
                  Siddha
                  Siddha
                  System Of Medicines Used In

                  Folk medicine, Siddha

                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2788
                  Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2788
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                    📚 Information Listing
                    References
                    1. Ipomoea beladamboe Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg 4: 233. 1819; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 209. 1883.
                    2. Convolvulus asarifolius Desr. in Lam., Encycl. 3: 562. 1792.
                    3. Convolvulus rugosus Rottl., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4: 196. 1803.
                    4. Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 251. 1819; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 272. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 244. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 309. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 315. 1994.
                    5. Ipomoea rugosa (Rottl.) Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 446. 1834.
                    6. Ipomoea repens Lam., Illustr. 1: 467. n. 2134. 1793 & Encycl. 6: 18. 1804; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 916(643). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 182. 1982.
                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                    1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2788
                    Information Listing > References
                    1. Ipomoea beladamboe Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg 4: 233. 1819; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 209. 1883.
                    2. Convolvulus asarifolius Desr. in Lam., Encycl. 3: 562. 1792.
                    3. Convolvulus rugosus Rottl., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4: 196. 1803.
                    4. Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 251. 1819; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 272. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 244. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 309. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 315. 1994.
                    5. Ipomoea rugosa (Rottl.) Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 446. 1834.
                    6. Ipomoea repens Lam., Illustr. 1: 467. n. 2134. 1793 & Encycl. 6: 18. 1804; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 916(643). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 182. 1982.
                    7. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                    8. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2788
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                    🐾 Taxonomy
                    RootRoot
                    KingdomPlantae
                    PhylumTracheophyta
                    ClassMagnoliopsida
                    OrderSolanales
                    FamilyConvolvulaceae
                    GenusIpomoea
                    SpeciesIpomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult.
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