Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH160 : Convolvulus flavus Willd

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: -

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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
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

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