Ipomoea quamoclit L. - cypressvine
Ipomoea quamoclit L. - cypressvine
Ipomoea quamoclit L. - cypressvine
Ipomoea quamoclit L. - cypressvine
MC027 : Ipomoea quamoclit L.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 331 |
| Synonym | : | Convolvulus pennatifolius Salisb.; Convolvulus pinnatus Desr.; Convolvulus quamoclit (L.) Spreng.; Ipomoea cyamoclita St.-Lag.; Quamoclit pinnata (Desr.) Bojer; Quamoclit quamoclit (L.) Britton; Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy; Quamoclit vulgaris var. albiflora G. Don; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ganesh Puspa, American jasmine, bed jasmine, cardinal creeper, China creeper, cupid flower, Cypress vine, hummingbird vine, Indian forget-me-not, Indian pink, Sita's hairs, star glory, star of bethlehem, sweet-willy, kamlata, sitakesh, akashvel,ganeshvel,ishakpench |
| Plant Family | : | Convolvulaceae |
| Description | : | Climbers, the stems glabrous. Leaves 1-9 cm long, ovate to deeply pinnatisect with 9-19 alternate or opposite pairs of linear lobes, glabrous. Flowers solitary or in 2-5-flowered cymes. Sepals elliptic to oblong, 4-7 mm long, obtuse apically, with a 0.25-0.75 mm long mucrone, glabrous. Corolla red, 2-3 cm long, salverform. Fruit capsular, ovoid, 6-8 mm long. Seeds dark brown to black, with dark patches of short trichomes scattered somewhat irregularly. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Anti-cancer (leaf): Ho et al., 2015; The whole plant is crushed and applied
externally on carbuncles. The juice is used along with other ingredients in case of blood dysentery, piles and body weakness. It is used as folk medicine around the world for various illnesses, such as hemorrhoids, ulcers, breast pain, snake bites, diabetes, fever, piles and as an antibiotic (Rajendran et al., 2007; Sajem et al., 2008). |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Quamoclins I; Quamoclins II; Quamoclins III; Quamoclins IV; Jalapin;
Quamoclinic acid B; Quamoclinic acid C; Quamoclinic acid D; Quamoclinic acid E; Quamoclinic acid F; Quamoclinic acid G; Quamoclinic acid H; 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 quamoclit L. - cypressvine |