Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ipomoea jalapa (L.) Pursh [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
jalaabaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jalaapaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jalap	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Convolvulus jalapa L. Mant. Pl. 1: 43 (1767).
Batatas jalapa (L.) Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 8: 47 (1837)[Conv. Rar.: 125]
Convolvulus jatiauca J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat.: 339 (1791).
Convolvulus lividus Moc. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 409 (1840).
Convolvulus mechoacan Vitman Summa Pl. 1: 434 (1789).
Exogonium jalapa Baill. Traité Bot. Méd. Phan. 2: 1263 (1884).
Ipomoea calantha Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub.: 202 (1866).
Ipomoea carrizalia Brandegee Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 4: 382 (1913).
Ipomoea fendleriana Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 444 (1891).
Ipomoea jalapa var. rosea Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 8: t. 621 (1822).
Ipomoea mechoacan Nutt. Amer. J. Sci. Arts 5: 289 (1822).
Ipomoea perichnoa Urb. Symb. Antill. 9: 426 (1925).
Ipomoea purshii G.Don in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 484 (1839).
Ipomoea robertsii Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 113: t. 6952 (1887).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Convolvulus jalapa	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Ipomoea jalapa	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ipomoea jalapa (L.) Pursh	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ipomoea jalapa Hayne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images