Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aguinaldo blanco	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
cantira kanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
christmas vine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
christmaspops	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
christmasvine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ololiuqui	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
semilla de ia virgen	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
snake plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
snakeplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed, leaves, stem, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ipomoea antillana Millsp. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 84 (1895).
Ipomoea burmanni Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 350 (1845), nom. superfl.
Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 157 (1893).
Turbina corymbosa (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 81 (1838).
Convolvulus corymbosus L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 923 (1759).
Convolvulus domingensis Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 554 (1792).
Convolvulus laevicaulis Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 303 (1819).
Convolvulus monospermus Tineo Elench. Pl. Hort. Parm.: 12 (1802).
Convolvulus multiflorus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 100 (1819), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus prolifer Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 302 (1819), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus sidifolius Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 99 (1819).
Convolvulus zeylanicus Moon ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1379 (1829), nom. nud.
Ipomoea cordifolia Carey ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 358 (1845).
Ipomoea cymosa Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 29: t. 24 (1843), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea domingensis (Desr.) House Muhlenbergia 3: 38 (1907).
Ipomoea sidifolia (Kunth) Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 372 (1830), nom. illeg.
Legendrea corymbosa (L.) Ooststr. Blumea 5: 355 (1943).
Legendrea corymbosa var. mollissima (Webb & Berthel.) Ooststr. Blumea 5: 355 (1943).
Legendrea mollissima Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2; 3): 27 (1844).
Merremia umbellata var. minor De Wild. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 1: 260 (1911).
Quamoclit domingensis (Desr.) M.Gómez Fl. Haban.: 562 (1914).
Rivea corymbosa var. mollissima (Webb & Berthel.) Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 157 (1893).
Rivea corymbosa var. paniculata Hassl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 151 (1911).
Turbina corymbosa f. mollissima (Webb & Berthel.) Stearn Cuad. Bot. Canaria 21: 12 (1974).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ipomoea antillana Millisp.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ipomoea burmanni Choisy	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ipomoea corymbosa (L.) Roth	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hall.F.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Rivea corymbosa Hallier f.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Turbina corymbosa (L.) Raf.	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) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Turbina corymbosa (L.) Rafinesque	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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