Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea > I. obscura

Description: Slender twining herbs. Leaves 2.5-6 x 2-4 cm, ovate to cordate, base cordate, apex acuminate, pubescent or glabrescent on both surfaces; petiole to 3 cm long. Flowers solitary or in sub umbellate cymes; pedicel to 1-1.5 cm long. Sepals 4-8 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, apex acute-apiculate. Corolla yellowish, throat purplish, 1.5-2.5 cm long, c. 2.5 cm across, campanulate. Stamens 5, villous at base. Ovary c. 1.5 mm long, conical; stigma capitate. Capsule 6-8 mm across, subglobose, apically beaked. Seeds c. 5 mm long, ovoid, black, thinly pubescent.

Flowering and Fruiting : October-March

Uses : Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha. Leaves are crushed and applied to cure sprains.

Cultivation : Ornamental, Wild

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org