Plant Details

Accepted name:: Operculina petaloidea (Choisy) Ooststr. [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bidhaaraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chhaagalaantri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nilapoosani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nishoth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shaaraf	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shyaamaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
syama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrddhadaraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrddhadaru	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrddhadaruka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrdhadaraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrdhadaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vriddhadaaraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vriddhadaaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, root	leaf juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

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

Ipomoea petaloidea Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 451 (1833 publ. 1834).
Convolvulus crispatulus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1403 (1829), nom. nud.
Ipomoea petaloidea var. pauciflora C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 212 (1883).
Ipomoea xanthantha Kurz Forest Fl. Burma 2: 219 (1877).
Merremia crispatula Prain Bengal Pl. 2: 730 (1903).
Merremia petaloidea (Choisy) Burkill Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 318 (1935).
Operculina petaloidea var. pauciflora (C.B.Clarke) Parmar J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 18: 251 (1994).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ipomoea petaloidea Choisy	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ipomoea petaloidea Choisy.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Operculina petaloidea (Choisy) Ooststr.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Operculina petaloidea (Choisy) Ooststroom	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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