Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bedigadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhedigadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calapetikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calapkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calappucceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantiramalliver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caruvanuputi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chalāpā	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
herbst-prunkwinde	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jalaabaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jalaapaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jalap	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jalap tubéreux	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
jalapa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
jalapa, raiz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
jalapa, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
jalape	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jalappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mancalcinakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
revalcinnikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veracruz jalap	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
چلاپا	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
tuber, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tuber, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	dried root	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
root	tincture, vegetal drug, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
tubérculos secos		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Exogonium purga (Wender.) Benth. Pl. Hartw.: 46 (1840).
Batatas purga (Wender.) Peterm. Pflanzenreich: 497 (1838-1845).
Convolvulus officinalis G.Pelletan J. Chim. Méd. 10: t. 1 (1834).
Convolvulus purga Wender. Pharm. Central-Blatt. 1: 45 (1830).
Convolvulus schiedeanus (Zucc.) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 670 (1839).
Ipomoea jalapa Nutt. J. Amer. Med. Sci. 5: 300 (1829 publ. 1830), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea schiedeana Zucc. Flora 14: 801 (1831).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Exogonium purga (Wender.) Bent.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Exogonium purga (Wender.) Lindl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Exogonium purga Benth	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Exogonium purga Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Ipomea purga	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Ipomoea purga	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ipomoea purga (Wend.) Heyne	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ipomoea purga (Wender.) Hayne	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ipomoea purga (Wender.) Hayne.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Ipomoea purga Hayne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Ipomoea purga Hayne.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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