Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!oh	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
babi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bilichita bogari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bokadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bokadi mooguthi balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cerutali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cherutali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chikoakoa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chirudali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirutali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirutali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
golla jiddu aaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ijalambu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kuruguttali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurukutali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurukuttali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuruntali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuruttuttali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuruvilatcumi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laksmana	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maha madhu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
moorneballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla kokkita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallakokkita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuraipperini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuraipperinikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
obscure morning glory	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
paal kodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pamparakan kodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pan-bel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phugali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pilibonvari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pingulvel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirudali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siruttalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siruttali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sulukku thalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tel kola	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tirutali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uganihambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umdzandzabuka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
usiboniseleni	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vaajigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vachagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild petunia	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wildepatat	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yellow ipomoea	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
තැල් කොළ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
මහ මදු	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 39 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Convolvulus obscurus L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 220 (1762).
Ipomoea fragilis Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 372 (1845).
Ipomoea obscura var. obscura
Convolvulus curassavicus (Balb. ex Roem. & Schult.) Colla Herb. Pedem. 4: 203 (1835).
Convolvulus gonatodes Steud. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 69 (1850).
Convolvulus insuavis (Blume) D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 1: 668 (1839).
Convolvulus ocularis (Bartl.) Endl. Cat. Horti Vindob. 2: 64 (1842).
Convolvulus pilifer Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 410 (1840).
Convolvulus pilosus R.Br. in H.Salt, Voy. Abyss.: lxiv (1814), nom. nud.
Convolvulus subangularis Buch.-Ham. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 412 (1840), not validly publ.
Convolvulus trigonus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 1383 (1829), nom. nud.
Ipomoea acutiflora A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 71 (1850).
Ipomoea brownii Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 252 (1819).
Ipomoea curassavica Balb. ex Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 237 (1819).
Ipomoea demissa Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 129 (1893).
Ipomoea fragilis var. glabra Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 50 (1899), not validly publ.
Ipomoea fragilis var. pubescens Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 51 (1899).
Ipomoea inconspicua Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 71 (1894).
Ipomoea insuavis Blume Catalogus: 50 (1823).
Ipomoea koloaensis H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 154 (1911).
Ipomoea longipes Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 246 (1888), nom. superfl.
Ipomoea luteola R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 485 (1810), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea micrantha var. hispida Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 542 (1898).
Ipomoea obscura var. abyssinica Hallier f. Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 15: 44 (1898).
Ipomoea obscura f. concolor Naik & Zate in V.N.Naik, Fl. Marathwada 1: 591 (1998).
Ipomoea obscura var. demissa (Hallier f.) Verdc. Kew Bull. 33: 165 (1978).
Ipomoea obscura var. fragilis (Choisy) A.Meeuse Fl. Pl. Africa 31: t. 1222 (1956).
Ipomoea obscura var. glabra Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 370 (1845).
Ipomoea obscura var. indica Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 39 (1899), not validly publ.
Ipomoea obscura var. longipes C.H.Wright in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(2): 63 (1904).
Ipomoea obscura var. sagittifolia Verdc. Kew Bull. 13: 210 (1958).
Ipomoea ocularis Bartl. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1839: 4 (1839).
Ipomoea oculata (Naudin ex Huber) Huber Cat. Gén. 1871-1872: 3 (1871).
Ipomoea saltiana Rendle J. Bot. 32: 178 (1894).
Ipomoea solanifolia Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 49 (1768), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea tenuis E.Mey. ex Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 140 (1893), nom. superfl.
Ipomoea villicaulis Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 538 (1928).
Merremia geophiloides A.Chev. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 5: 236 (1933).
Quamoclit oculatus Naudin ex Huber Cat. Gén. 1870-1871: 6 (1870).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Convolvulus obscurus L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ipomoea fragilis Choisy	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ipomoea obscura	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) 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)
Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker-Gawl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Ipomoea obscura (L.)Ker Gawl. obscura	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ipomoea obscura (Linn.) Ker-Gawl., aggregate	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Ipomoea obscura Ker-Gawl.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Ipomoea obscura Ker.-Gawl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ipomoea obscura var. obscura	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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