Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akayappuritakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akayappuritam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirumucuttai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katalatakkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katalatakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katalatakkikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katalkalakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katalkalakkicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katarkalakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu-kelengu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukalangu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukelengu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukilannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kudure balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maasoota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mosuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musute	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paymoostey	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumucuttai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyccinki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyccinkikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peymucuttai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peymusti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vrddhadaruka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 40 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Argyreia malabarica (L.) Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 420 (1833 publ. 1834)[Conv. Or.: 38]
Convolvulus malabaricus L. Sp. Pl.: 155 (1753).
Hewittia bicolor (Choisy) Wight & Arn. Madras J. Lit. Sci. 5: 22 (1837).
Hewittia sublobata (L.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 441 (1891).
Shutereia sublobata (L.f.) House Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 318 (1906).
Aniseia afzelii G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 295 (1837).
Aniseia bracteata Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar.: 516 (1848).
Bonamia volkensii Dammer in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 329 (1895).
Calystegia keriana Sweet Hort. Brit.: 287 (1826).
Convolvulus bicolor Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 25 (1794), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus bracteatus Vahl Symb. Bot. 3: 25 (1794).
Convolvulus hederaceus Blanco Fl. Filip.: 90 (1837), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus involucratus Ker Gawl. Bot. Reg. 4: t. 318 (1818), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus involucratus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 845 (1798).
Convolvulus rottleri Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 61 (1827).
Convolvulus scandens Milne Descr. Cat. Seeds E. Indies: 29, [68] (1773).
Convolvulus schultesii Weinw. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 411 (1840), not validly publ.
Convolvulus sublobatus L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 135 (1782).
Convolvulus timorensis D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 667 (1839).
Eremosperma puccionianum Chiov. Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia, ser. 4, 7: 143 (1936).
Hewittia asarifolia Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 242 (1861).
Hewittia barbeyana Chod. & Roulet Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 191 (1893).
Hewittia bicolor f. minor De Wild. Pl. Bequaert. 1: 547 (1922).
Hewittia hirta Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 243 (1861).
Hewittia puccioniana (Chiov.) Verdc. Webbia 13: 322 (1958).
Hewittia scandens (Milne) Mabb. in K.S.Manilal, Bot. Hist. Hort. Malabaricus: 84 (1980).
Ipomoea benguelensis Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 69 (1894).
Ipomoea bicolor (Choisy) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 289 (1826), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea bracteata Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 227 (1819), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea malabarica (L.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 235 (1819).
Ipomoea pandurifolia E.Mey. in J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 195 (1843), nom. nud.
Ipomoea phyllosepala Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1884: 69 (1894).
Ipomoea schultesii Weinm. ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 395 (1845).
Ipomoea teretistigma Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 373 (1845).
Ipomoea weinmannii Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 243 (1819).
Kethosia involucrata (Willd.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 78 (1838).
Palmia bicolor (Choisy) Endl. ex Dalzell & Gibson Bombay Fl.: 163 (1861).
Sanilum bicolor Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 70 (1838), nom. nud.
Sanilum bracteatum Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 70 (1838), nom. nud.
Shutereia bicolor Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 486 (1833 publ. 1834).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Argyreia malabarica Arn. ex Choisy	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Argyreia malabarica Choisy	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Convolvulus malabaricus L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Hewittia bicolor	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hewittia malabarica (L.) Suresh	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Hewittia sublobata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hewittia sublobata Linn. f. O. Ktze	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Shutereia sublobata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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