Family: Convolvulaceae
Synonym: Ipomoea
angulata Lam.
Vernacular
name: Theepori mulla (Malayalam)
Habit:
Climber
Habitat:
Along stream sides and degraded forests areas
Flowering
& Fruiting: September-March
Distribution:
Naturalized in tropics
Key identification features:
Slender twining herbs. Leaves ovate to
suborbicular, entire or 3-5-angled, cordate at base, acute to shortly acuminate
at apex, glabrous; Cymes few-flowered, axillary; Corolla deep red, salver-form,
Capsule subglobose. Seeds 4, pyriform, black.
Uses:
Cathartic,
diuretic and expectorant
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