Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beach moonflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bejuco de luna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
belle de nuit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
candrakanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandrakanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jabilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mandavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mettathooti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mettatuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moonflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
morning glory	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
mundavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muntavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagarmukkatte	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakamukkorri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ololiuqui	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
panditivankaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sea moonflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ipomoea glaberrima Bojer ex Bouton J. Bot. (Hooker) 1: 357 (1834).
Ipomoea macrantha Roem. & Schult. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 251 (1819), nom. superfl.
Ipomoea tuba (Schltdl.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 271 (1837).
Calonyction comorensis Bojer ex Desjardins Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. île Maurice 7: 35 (1836).
Calonyction comospermum Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 228 (1837), nom. superfl.
Calonyction grandiflorum (Jacq.) Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 442 (1833 publ. 1834)[Conv. Or.: 60]
Calonyction jacquinii G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 264 (1837).
Calonyction macranthum (Schult.) Lem. Hort. Vanhoutt. 1(1): 10 (1845).
Calonyction muticum Decne. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 390 (1834).
Calonyction speciosum var. laeve Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 345 (1845).
Calonyction tuba (Schltdl.) Colla Mem. Calonyction: 15 (1840).
Convolvulus catharticus Blanco Fl. Filip.: 94 (1837), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus grandiflorus Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 39 (1777).
Convolvulus grandiflorus Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 543 (1792), nom. illeg.
Convolvulus longiflorus Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 595 (1824).
Convolvulus muticus (Decne.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 410 (1840).
Convolvulus tuba Schltdl. Linnaea 6: 735 (1831).
Convolvulus violaceus (L.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 599 (1824), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea browniana F.Dietr. Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 4: 618 (1835).
Ipomoea comosperma Drake Ill. Fl. Ins. Pacif.: 242 (1892), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea grandiflora (Jacq.) Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 153 (1893), nom. illeg.
Ipomoea longiflora R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 484 (1810), nom. illeg.
Jacquemontia canescens Benth. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 33: t. 27 (1847), sensu auct.
Pharbitis violacea (L.) Bojer Hortus Maurit.: 227 (1837).
Tereietra violacea Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ipomoea glaberrima Bojer ex Hook.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Ipomoea macrantha Roem. & Schult.	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Ipomoea tuba ( Schlecht.) Don	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994)
Ipomoea violacaea	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Ipomoea violacea L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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