Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
injen-injehan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kangkong bulu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
little bell	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
louse plaster	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
malingan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
selepat tungau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tingkil	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wasa thella	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amphione lobata Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 79 (1838), nom. superfl.
Convolvulus heterophyllus Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic.: 36 (1893), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus ipomoea Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 72 (1829).
Convolvulus mariannensis (Choisy) Gaudich. ex Saff. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 9: 247 (1905).
Convolvulus sloanei Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 593 (1824).
Convolvulus subquinquelobus Wood in A.Rees, Cycl. 9: 38 (1808), nom. superfl.
Convolvulus trilobus (L.) Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 564 (1792).
Ipomoea eustachiana Jacq. Observ. Bot. 2: 12, t. 36 (1767).
Ipomoea galapagensis Andersson Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1853: 213 (1855).
Ipomoea hirta M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(9): 264 (1845).
Ipomoea krugii Urb. Symb. Antill. 5: 472 (1908).
Ipomoea laxiflora H.J.Chowdhery & Debta Indian J. Forest. 32: 120 (2009).
Ipomoea mariannensis Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 468 (1833 publ. 1834).
Ipomoea parviflora Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 34 (1794).
Ipomoea triloba var. eustachiana (Jacq.) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 470 (1862).
Ipomoea triloba var. genuina Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 277 (1869), not validly publ.
Ipomoea triloba var. glaberrima Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 277 (1869).
Ipomoea triloba var. quinqueloba Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 466 (1891).
Ipomoea webbii Cout. Arq. Univ. Lisboa 1: 304 (1914).
Quamoclit eustachiana (Jacq.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 259 (1837).
Quamoclit triloba (L.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 259 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ipomoea triloba	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ipomoea triloba L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ipomoea triloba Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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