| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 329 |
| 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; |
| Plant Common Name | : | obscure morning glory, pan bel, pivali bhonvari, piwli pungali, lakshmana, vachagandha, |
| Plant Family | : | Convolvulaceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| 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 | : | COMPOUNDS: Ursodeoxycholic acid; Ipobscurines B; Ipobscurines C; Ipobscurines D; calystegin B1; calystegin B4; 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 | : | ~ 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 obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. - obscure morning-glory |
