Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH158 : Argyreia sericea Dalz. & Gib.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 319

Synonym : Argyreia leschenaultii Thw.; Ipomoea bracteata J. Grah.;

Plant Common Name : Silky Morning Glory, Silky wood rose, Samudra balli, Garvel

Plant Family : Convolvulaceae

Description : Densely hirsute stout climbing shrubs. Leaves to 13 x 10 cm, deltoid, ovate to lanceolate, apex acute, base truncate, pubescent above, densely hirsute below; petiole to 4 cm. Cymes axillary; bracts 4 x 1.5 cm, oblong, tomentose; peduncles to 10 cm, pubescent; calyx lobes 1 x 0.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate, pubescent, except the overlapping part, slightly unequal; corolla funnel shaped, tube 6 cm long, pink, hirsute on outside, especially on the conduplication. Berry 3 cm across, fruiting calyx enlarged.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : root and leaves are taken to improve lactation

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: -

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Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228770 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Silky%20Morning%20Glory.html - http://www.ijrap.net/admin/php/uploads/1552_pdf.pdf

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 : Argyreia
Species : Argyreia sericea Dalz. & Gib.

Argyreia sericea Dalz. & Gib.
Argyreia sericea Dalz. & Gib.
Argyreia sericea Dalz. & Gib.