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Ipomoea mauritiana

Scientific Name
Ipomoea mauritiana
Family Name
Convolvulaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Description
A perennial twiner with very large, ovoid or elongated, tuberous roots and long,twining, tough, glabrous and shining stems; leaves simple, alternate. 8-15cm long,broader than long, deeply palmately cut into 5 or 7 lanceolate-acuminate, obtuse lobes,glabrous, paler and with prominent veins beneath; petioles nearly as long as the leaves,glabrous, channelled above; flowers regular, bisexual, bright mauve-purple, large onglabrous pedicels, 1,5cm long, in dichotomous cymes, peduncle 6cm long and stout,exceeding the petiole; sepals 5, imbricate, 9mm long, 8-10mm broad, rotundalc,obtuse, very concave and glabrous; petals 5, fused into a funnel-shaped corolla. 6-7,5cm diameter, lobes cmarginate. convolute and contorted in' bud; stamens 5,filaments almost equal inserted on the corolla-tube, hairy at the base; ovary superior,2-4 locular, glabrous, style simple, stigmas 2, globose; capsule 1,2cm long, ovoid,closely surrounded by enlarged, rather fleshy sepals; seeds covered with very long,brownish, cottony hair which is readily detached. Flowers during April, May andSeptember. (Sri Lanka)
Uses
Anti spasmodic, asthma (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Remarks
Ipomoea mauritiana (GRIN)

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