Convolvulus flavus
Convolvulus flavus
Convolvulus flavus
Convolvulus flavus
Convolvulus flavus
Plant Category | : | Herbs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 322 |
Synonym | : | Merremia hederacea (Burm. f.) Hallier f.;
Convolvulus lapathifolius Spreng.;
Convolvulus luteolus Wight ex Wall.;
Convolvulus obdentatus Steud.;
Convolvulus obtusilobus Michx.;
Convolvulus repens Sw.;
Convolvulus rufescens Choisy;
Convolvulus vahlii Spreng.;
Evolvulus hederaceus Burm. fil.;
Ipomoea acetosellifolia (Desr.) Choisy;
Ipomoea chrysoides Ker-Gawl.;
Ipomoea chrysotricha var. boliviana Meisn.;
Ipomoea dentata (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.;
Ipomoea subtriflora Zoll. & Moritzi;
Lepistemon glaber Hand.-Mazz.;
Lepistemon muricatum Span.;
Merremia chryseides (Ker-Gawl.) Hall. fil.
Merremia convolvulacea Dennst. ex Hall. fil.;
Convolvulus acetosellifolius Desr.;
Convolvulus biflorus Forssk.;
Convolvulus chryseides (Ker-Gawl.) Spreng.;
Convolvulus dentatus Vahl;
Convolvulus denticulatus Steud.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Ivy Woodrose, Hemali, Komalata, Elikkatutalai, Kudichivalli |
Plant Family | : | Convolvulaceae |
Description | : | Prostrate or twining herbs; stem often warty. Leaves 2-4 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate, rarely 3-lobed, base cordate, apex acuminate-apiculate, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; petiole 1-2 cm long. Cymes many-flowered, axillary; peduncle 2-4 cm long. Sepals unequal, obovate, notched and mucronulate, outer c. 3 mm long, inner c. 4 mm long. Corolla yellow, campanulate, c. 1.3 cm across. Capsule c. 5 mm long, obconical, slightly 4-lobed. Seeds black, glabrous or puberulent. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Among grasses on hill slopes on Chikhaldara and Vairat plateaux |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | A poultice of the leaves, combined with turmeric (Curcuma longa) and broken rice, is used to heal cracks in the hands and feet. The plant is used medicinally for treating acute tonsillitis. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230404
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ivy%20Woodrose.html |
Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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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 flavus |