Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
batata de purga	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
batata-de-purga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
batatão	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
brazilian jalap	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
goma-de-purga	Other	Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
jalapa	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
jalapa do brasil	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
jalapão	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
raiz		Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015)
roott		Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014)
root	vegetal drug, fluid extract, powdered drug, resin, tincture	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Tubers		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
tuber		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ipomoea operculata (Gomes) Mart. Reise Bras. 2: 547 (1828).
Piptostegia gomesii Mart. Syst. Mat. Med. Bras.: 78 (1843).
Batatas operculata (Gomes) Peterm. Pflanzenreich: 497 (1838-1845).
Convolvulus frutescens Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: 13 (1768).
Convolvulus macrocarpus L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 923 (1759).
Convolvulus operculatus Gomes Observ. Bot.-Med. Nonnullis Bras. Pl. 1: 23 (1803).
Merremia alata Rendle in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 102 (1905).
Merremia macrocarpa (L.) Roberty Candollea 14: 37 (1952).
Operculina convolvulus Silva Manso Enum. Subst. Braz.: 12 (1836).
Piptostegia operculata (Gomes) Rchb. Deut. Bot. Herb.-Buch: 113 (1841), comb. not made.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ipomoea operculata (Gomes) Martin	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Operculina macrocarpa	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008)
Operculina macrocarpa (L.) Urb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. for Bioprospection in a Cerrado Area, Brazil (Daiany et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Sobradinho, Piauí, Brazil (Silva et al., 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Operculina macrocarpa (Linn) Urb.	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Operculina macrocarpa (Linn.) Urban	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Operculina macrocarpa Urb.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Operculina macrocarpa Urban	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Piptostegia gomesii Martius	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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