Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH159 : Convolvulus arvensis L

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 321

Synonym : Convolvulus ambigens House; Convolvulus incanus auct. non Vahl; Strophocaulos arvensis (L.) small;

Plant Common Name : Chand Vel, Hiranpug, Bhoomi Chakra Poondu, Field Bindweed, Field Bindweed

Plant Family : Convolvulaceae

Description : Field Bindweed is a climbing or creeping herbaceous perennial plant growing to 0.5-2 m high. The leaves are spirally arranged, linear to arrowhead-shaped, 2?5 cm long and alternate, with a 1-3 cm leaf-stalk. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, 1-2.5 cm diameter, white or pale pink, with five slightly darker pink radial stripes. Flowering occurs in the mid-summer, when white to pale pink, funnel-shaped flowers develop. Flowers are approximately 2.0-2.5 cm across and are subtended by small bracts. Fruits are light brown, rounded and 3 mm wide. Each fruit contains 2 seeds that are eaten by birds and can remain viable in the soil for decades. Field Bindweed is generally considered a weed. Field Bindweed is native to Native to Europe and Asia.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : Leaves are used in medicine for spider bites and intestinal stimulant. Leaves and roots are considered to be laxatives. Traditionally it is used to treat skin ulcers, reducing wounds, inflammation and swelling. abdominal pain, abdominal worms, immunostimulant, diuretic,leaves have been used in asthma , jaundice and as antihemorrhagic.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: tropine; pseudotropine; tropinine; cuscohygrine; hygrine; palmitic acid; stearic acid; linoleic acid; linolenic acid; behenic acid; umbelliferon; scopoletin; caffeic acid; Kaempferol-3-O-beta-D-glucoside; Quercetin; hydroxycoumarin; esculetin; alpha-amyrin; Campesterol; Stigmasterol; Beta-sitosterol; Convovulin; Chlorogenic acid; Calystegins; Rutin;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (9):

Beta-sitosterol;

Quercetin;

Rutin;

Kaempferol;

Alpha-amyrin;

Stigmasterol;

Palmitic acid;

Caffeic acid;

Chlorogenic acid;

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/265776 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Field%20Bindweed.html - https://innovareacademics.in/journal/ijpps/Vol4Issue1/3035.pdf

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~ Manbir Kaur and A. N. Kalia; "Convolvulus arvensis – A useful weed"; Int J Pharm Pharm Sci (2012); 4(1): 38-40 PMID :

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~ 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 : Convolvulus L. - bindweed
Species : Convolvulus arvensis L

Convolvulus arvensis L
Convolvulus arvensis L
Convolvulus arvensis L