Plant Details

Accepted name:: Convolvulus sagittatus Thunb. [Convolvulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
silverbush	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
wild bindweed	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
wild morning-glory	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Convolvulus angolensis Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 67 (1894).
Convolvulus hastatus var. natalensis Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(2): 72 (1904).
Convolvulus hirtellus Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 536 (1898).
Convolvulus huillensis (Baker) Rendle in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 97 (1905).
Convolvulus paradoxus Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 720 (1817).
Convolvulus phyllosepalus Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 535 (1898).
Convolvulus sagittatus subvar. australis Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 533 (1898), not validly publ.
Convolvulus sagittatus subvar. graminifolius Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 534 (1898).
Convolvulus sagittatus var. graminifolius (Hallier f.) Baker & C.H.Wright in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(2): 72 (1904).
Convolvulus sagittatus var. grandiflorus Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 533 (1898).
Convolvulus sagittatus subsp. grandiflorus (Hallier f.) A.Meeuse Bothalia 6: 683 (1957 publ. 1958).
Convolvulus sagittatus var. hirtelus (Hallier f.) A.Meeuse Bothalia 6: 682 (1957 publ. 1958).
Convolvulus sagittatus var. latifolius C.H.Wright in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 4(2): 72 (1904).
Convolvulus sagittatus var. parviflorus Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 533 (1898).
Convolvulus sagittatus var. phyllosepalus (Hallier f.) A.Meeuse Bothalia 6: 681 (1957 publ. 1958).
Convolvulus sagittatus var. subcordata (Hallier f.) Baker & Rendle in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 96 (1905).
Convolvulus sagittatus subvar. subcordata Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 534 (1898).
Convolvulus steudneri Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 2: 350 (1891 publ. 1892).
Convolvulus thymoides O.Schwartz Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 10: 202 (1939).
Ipomoea huillensis Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 70 (1894).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Convolvulus sagittatus Thunb.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Convolvulus sagittatus Thunb. subsp. sagittatus	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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