Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
atappankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bel-adambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ela bin thamuru	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
ela binthamuru	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
salsa	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
salsa brava	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
salsa da praia	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
salsa da rua	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
salsa-do-rio	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
vellaiyatampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venatampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vennatampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaf		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
leaves, whole plant	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
leaf, aerial parts		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, aerial parts		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

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

Ipomoea repens Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 467 (1793).
Amphione asarifolia (Desr.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 79 (1838).
Convolvulus asarifolius Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 562 (1792).
Convolvulus beladambu (Schult.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 608 (1824).
Convolvulus flagelliformis Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 68 (1824).
Convolvulus rugosus Rottler Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4: 196 (1803).
Convolvulus urbicus Salzm. ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 350 (1845), pro syn.
Ipomoea asarifolia f. deltoidea Roberty Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 16: 1011 (1954).
Ipomoea asarifolia f. suffrutescens Roberty Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 16: 1011 (1954).
Ipomoea beladamboe Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 233 (1819), nom. superfl.
Ipomoea crassifolia Cav. Descr. Pl.: 100 (1801).
Ipomoea flagelliformis (Roxb.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 816 (1840).
Ipomoea grisebachii Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 63: 107 (1894).
Ipomoea latifolia M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(9): 266 (1845), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea nymphaeifolia Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub.: 203 (1866), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea pes-caprae var. heterosepala Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 692 (1905).
Ipomoea rugosa (Rottler) Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 446 (1833 publ. 1834)[Conv. Or.: 64]
Ipomoea urbica Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 349 (1845).
Ipomoea urbica var. muricata Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 350 (1845).
Ipomoea vogelii Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 71 (1894).
Ipomoea yetira D.Parodi Contr. Fl. Paraguay: 17 (1877).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ipomoea asarifolia	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ipomoea asarifolia Roem & Schult.	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Ipomoea asarifolia Roemer et Schultes	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ipomoea repens Lam	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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