Ipomoea PES -TIGRIDIS L.


Synonym : Convolvulus pes-tigridis (L.) Spreng.
Ipomoea capitellata Choisy
Ipomoea hepaticifolia L.
Bangla Name : Languli lala.
English Name : Tiger’s Foot, Bindweed, Cupid’s Flower.
Family : Convolvulaceae
Disease : Purgative, bolis, carbuncles and dog-bites.
Description : A slender, annual twiner, stem patently hirsute. Leaves 3.8-10 cm diam., palmately divided up to the base with 5-9 segments, segments elliptic to elliptic-oblong, densely appressed or patently hairy. Flowers few in head-like involucrate axillary cymes, corolla 3-4 cm long, funnel-shaped, white. Capsule 5 mm, ovoid, papery, concealed in the calyx.
Distribution : Dinajpur.
Chemical Constituents : Seeds showed presence of ergoline and clavinet alkaloids, total alkaloids 0.0025% (Rastogi & Mehrotra, 1993).
Uses : Roots are purgative, used for the treatment of bolis, carbuncles and dog-bites. EtOH(50%) extract of plant is spasmolytic (Asolkar et al., 1992).
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