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Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br.
Synonym
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Ipomoea pes-caprae var. brasiliensis
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Family
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Convolvulaceae
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Local name
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English- Beach morning glory
Malayalam-Schovanna-adamboe
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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August-September
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Distribution
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Circumtropical
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Distribution
in kerala
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Kollam, Kannur
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Habitat
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Sandy coast and railway tracks
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Uses
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Widely used in
traditional medicine. The
plant is mucilaginous and is considered astringent, tonic, alterative,
diuretic and purgative
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Key botanical characters: Stout creepers.
Leaves alternate, shallowly 2-lobed, 2-5 x 3-6 cm, base truncate, lateral
nerves c. 6 pairs, coriaceous; petiole 2-4 cm long. Flower(s) solitary or few
in axillary panicles. Calyx-lobes unequal, ovate, acuminate, outer surface
wrinkled. Corolla pink to white, c. 5 cm; ovary 4-6 locular. Capsule
subglobose; seeds thinly pubescent.
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