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MC024 : Ipomoea hederifolia L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 327  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Solanales
Family : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family
Genus : Ipomoea L. - morning-glory
Species : Ipomoea hederifolia L. - scarletcreeper
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Climbers  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Convolvulaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : ivy-leaf morning glory, scarlet creeper, scarlet morning glory, star ipomoea, trompillo, lal pungli,
 
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
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.
 
Curated 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 : Quamoclins I
Quamoclins II
Quamoclins III
Quamoclins IV
Jalapin
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