Plant Details

Accepted name:

Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth [Convolvulaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
campanilla	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
campanilla azul	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
campanillas	Other	Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
campanitas	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
carregüela	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cian niou zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
common morning-glory	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ijalambu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ijalamu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ijalapha	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
imbotyi kasathana	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ipomée	Other	Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
kaphlagla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karukolli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manto de ia virgen	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
maravillas	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
morning glory	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
neikalmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niekalmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pharbitidis semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pharbitis	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pharbitis seed	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
purperwinde	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
purpur-prunkwinde	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
purpurvinda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
qian niu zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
qianniuzi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
semen pharbitidis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
suspiros	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
tall morning glory	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tall morning-glory	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
the common morning glory	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trompettertjies	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
unobijela	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
urhododo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
yuan ye qian niu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
étoile du matin	Other	Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
圓葉牽牛	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
牽牛子	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Leaf, Root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
seed		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Ipomoea mexicana A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 210 (1878), nom. illeg.
Pharbitis purpurea (L.) Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 227 (1837).
Cleiemera cuspidata Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 78 (1838).
Convolvuloides leucosperma Moench Methodus: 452 (1794).
Convolvuloides purpurea (L.) Moench Methodus: 452 (1794).
Convolvulus eriocaulos Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 301 (1819).
Convolvulus glandulifer Spreng. Syst. Veg., 1: 599 (1824).
Convolvulus hirsutulus (J.Jacq.) Colla Herb. Pedem. 4: 205 (1835).
Convolvulus intermedius Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 264 (1819), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus mutabilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 123 (1796), nom. superfl.
Convolvulus pilosus Rottler Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4: 196 (1803).
Convolvulus purpureus L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 219 (1762).
Convolvulus schultesii Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 790 (1819).
Diatrema purpurea (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 72 (1838).
Ipomoea affinis M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(9): 263 (1845).
Ipomoea chanetii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 452 (1911).
Ipomoea diehlii M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 12: 53 (1908).
Ipomoea discolor Jacq. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 6 (1798).
Ipomoea glandulifera Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 2: 12 (1799).
Ipomoea hirsutula J.Jacq. Ecl. Pl. Rar. 1: 65 (1813).
Ipomoea hispida Zuccagni Cent. Observ. Pl. 1: 15 (1806).
Ipomoea intermedia Schult. Observ. Bot.: 37 (1809), nom. superfl.
Ipomoea nil var. diversifolia (Lindl.) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 343 (1845).
Ipomoea pilosissima M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 12(9): 264 (1845).
Ipomoea punctata Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 184 (1805).
Ipomoea purpurea var. diversifolia (Lindl.) O'Donell Lilloa 26: 385 (1953).
Ipomoea purpurea f. kermesina Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 710 (1895).
Ipomoea purpurea var. superba Ledeb. Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1822: 11 (1822).
Ipomoea purpurea f. triloba Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 223 (1869).
Ipomoea villosa Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 2: 12 (1799).
Ipomoea wattii C.B.Clarke J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 49 (1889).
Ipomoea zuccagnii Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 230 (1819), nom. superfl.
Pharbitis diversifolia Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 23: t. 1988 (1837).
Pharbitis githaginea Hochst. ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 341 (1845).
Pharbitis hispida (Zuccagni) Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 438 (1833 publ. 1834)[Conv. Or.: 56]
Pharbitis nil var. diversifolia (Lindl.) Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 343 (1845).
Pharbitis punctata (Pers.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 263 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ipomoea mexicana	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth	Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth.	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Ipomoea purpurea (L.)Roth	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Ipomoea purpurea (Linn.) Roth	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Ipomoea purpurea Rothman	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pharbitis pupurea (L.) Voigt	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Pharbitis purpurea (L.) Voigt	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pharbitis purpurea Voigt	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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