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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MC026 : Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 329  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Solanales
Family : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family
Genus : Ipomoea L. - morning-glory
Species : Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. - obscure morning-glory
Plant Location in Melghat : -  
Plant Category : Climbers  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Convolvulaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : obscure morning glory, pan bel, pivali bhonvari, piwli pungali, lakshmana, vachagandha,
 
Synonym : Convolvulus obscurus L.
Convolvulus ochraceus Lindl.
Convolvulus pilosus R. Br.
Convolvulus trichocalyx Schumach. & Thonn.
Ipomoea demissa Hallier f.
Ipomoea fragilis Choisy
Ipomoea insuavis Blume
Ipomoea kentrocarpa Hochst. ex A. Rich.
Ipomoea luteola R. Br.
Ipomoea longipes Engl.
Ipomoea obscura var. fragilis (Choisy) A. Meeuse
Description : A slender twinner or stem prostrate. Leaves 2.5-3.6 cm long, ovate to orbicular, sometimes almost reniform, entire, acute to acuminate, base cordate. Flowers rather small, 1-2 in axillary cymes. Corolla funnel-shaped, 2-2.5 cm, long, white or pale yellow with dark midpetaline bands. Capsule ovoid, 7-9 mm long.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : In some part leaves paste is mixed with alcohol externally applied to open sore and pustules. Root decoction used against dysentery.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : Ursodeoxycholic acid
Ipobscurines B
Ipobscurines C
Ipobscurines D
calystegin B1
calystegin B4
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :