Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aalthigudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aaluthigade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aalutigade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adimbu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akarajam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
altigudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aluthi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alutigade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ardhachandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arunatrivrt	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atimpurukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ba la dur brid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahurecani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bana ethka	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
bangada balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
benne bidiru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilae naga danthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilenagadanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biley naagadanthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bili aluthigade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bili tigade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilithigade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilitigade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bilitigadu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
billitigadae	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
calakaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calakakicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantirakalinti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caralam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caruvanukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caruvanuputi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenappal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chivaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
cimai civatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciratai ver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civadai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciyamattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devadanthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devadanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhdhakalami	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
dudh kalmi	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
dudholomo	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
dudiva-kalmi	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
dur byid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elavu sandi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erra tegada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
errategada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
errathegada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ettategada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fue vao	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gunakandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gōng zuó miǔ	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
he guo teng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hurochani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian jalap	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) 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) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
irattaccivatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalap	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
kaalaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kainem	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
kala nasottara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kalacuram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalameshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalingika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karum sivadai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
karunchivadai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
karuncivatai ver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunsivadai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolapam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kootarana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumbah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumbam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumbanjan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumbha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kumbhadhatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumbham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumpacaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumpacinakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumpamati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumpancan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunagandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunakanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutarana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lagivrittika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
liane blanche	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
malavika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masuravidala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
misot	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
naagadanthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naagpatar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nacakeralam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagadanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakpatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla tegada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla thegada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallategada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nasooth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naswat-i-safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattuccevatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ne ron	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nishota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nishotar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nishoth	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nishothra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nishotra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nishottara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
nishotthara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nisodh	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
nisot safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nisotar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nisoth	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
nisottar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nisut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niswath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nukai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nukpatar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paganrai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakantai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paper rose	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
paripakini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phutkari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pilikkini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitalapam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pithori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
pitohri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puttigadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
recani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rechani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rocani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rochani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saralaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
saralam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarvanubhuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shevadie vayr	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shivadai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
shivadai-ver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shivadaiver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shyaama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shyaamaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shyama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sigade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
silva manso	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
sivadai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
sivadaiver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivathai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivathaiver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivedai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
st. thomas lidpod	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sukrabhandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
susheni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suvaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suvahaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sya ma dur byid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
syama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
taed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tali x	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarbal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarbud	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarbut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tegada	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
tella	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tella tegada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
tellatagada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tellategada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
terpeth root	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
teudi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
teuri	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
thegada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thella thegada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thigade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thigadike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thirassawalu	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
thirasthawalu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tigade	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tigade beru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tigadeballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tigadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tigadikeputigadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tigude	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiriputam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiriviruta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirivirutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirivitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
torbod	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
trabal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
transpaent woodrose	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
transparent wood-rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
transparent woodrose	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
tribhandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tribhaṇḍī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
trikolpakkonna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trikolpakonna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trikolpokanna	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
triputa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
triputaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
trivela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trivrit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
trivrt	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trivrta	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
trivrtaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
trivrtta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trivruth	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
trivṛt (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
triyrit	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
tryirit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turbad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turbeda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turbit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
turbith	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
turbith végétal	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
turbito vegetal	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
turbud	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
turbud safaia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turbud safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turbud safaid nim kofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turbud-i-safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turbudh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turpeth	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
turpeth root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
turpeth.	Other	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
turpethum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
tvuri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
urpalavanatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varanacira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vayirocanati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vayirocani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vencivatai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ventricose morning glory	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
vidala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vili tigade	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
śyāmā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
تربد	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
තිරැස්තවාලු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
盒果藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
leaves		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Fruit		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Flowers, Leaves, Root bark		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Whole plant, root, leaf		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Root		The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
root, resin, bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
root	dried root	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Root, Stem		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Convolvulus turpethum L. Sp. Pl.: 155 (1753).
Ipomoea silvana Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 374 (1845).
Ipomoea turpethum (L.) R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 485 (1810).
Merremia turpethum (L.) Rendle in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 102 (1905).
Argyreia alata Montrouz. Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 10: 236 (1860).
Argyreia alulata Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 587 (1857).
Convolvulus anceps L. Mant. Pl. 1: 43 (1767).
Convolvulus gaudichaudii Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 450 (1833 publ. 1834), pro syn.
Convolvulus maximus Blanco Fl. Filip.: 91 (1837), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus riedlei Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 450 (1833 publ. 1834), pro syn.
Convolvulus triqueter Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 30 (1794).
Convolvulus ventricosus Silva Manso Enum. Subst. Braz.: 20 (1836), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea anceps (L.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 231 (1819).
Ipomoea diplocalyx Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 71 (1894).
Ipomoea triquetra (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 231 (1819).
Ipomoea turpethum var. anceps (L.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 607 (1857).
Ipomoea turpethum var. humilior Haines Bot. Bihar Orissa 4: 600 (1922).
Ipomoea ventricosa Stellfeld Tribuna Farm. 13: 86 (1945), nom. superfl.
Merremia triquetra (Vahl) Roberty Candollea 14: 36 (1952).
Operculina triquetra (Vahl) Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 120 (1893).
Operculina turpethum var. heterophylla Hallier f. Verslag Staat 's Lands Plantentuin Buitenzorg 1895: 127 (1896).
Operculina turpethum var. humilior (Haines) K.K.Khanna Fl. Bihar, Analysis: 340 (2001).
Spiranthera turpethum (L.) Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 226 (1837).
Turpethum australe Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 71 (1838).
Turpethum indicum Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 71 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Convolvulus turpethum L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ipomea turpethum R. Br.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Ipomoea silvana Choisy	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Ipomoea turpethum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Ipomoea turpethum (L.) R. Br.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ipomoea turpethum (L.) R.Br.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ipomoea turpethum R. Br	The Indian Pharmacopoeial List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Ipomoea turpethum R.Br.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Ipomoea turpethum R.Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Merremia turpethum (L.) Rendle	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Merremia turpethum (L.) Shah & Bhat	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Merremia turpethum (Linn) Shah & Bhatt	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Operculina turpethium	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
Operculina turpethum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Operculina turpethum (L.) J. Silva Manso	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Operculina turpethum (L.) J.Silva Manso	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Operculina turpethum (L.) Manso	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Operculina turpethum (L.) S. Manso	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Operculina turpethum (L.) S.Manso	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Operculina turpethum (L.) Silva Manso	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Operculina turpethum (L.) Torbod	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
Operculina turpethum (Linn). A. Silva Manso	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Operculina turpethum (Linn.) Silva Manso	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Operculina turpethum (Linn.) Silva Manso.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Operculina turphethum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Operculina turphetum (L.) S.Manso	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)

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