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Ipomoea obscura - Laskmana, Vachagandha

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vachagandha, Ipomoea obscura

vachagandha, is an annual or perennial herb with slender, twining or prostrate stems up to 3 metres long and 2cm in diameter. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. It also has ornamental value as a climber with attractive flowers.

Uses

Dysentery, Sores and pustules, [1] Snake bites, Improves difficult breathing, Relieves pain [2]

Parts Used

Seeds, Leaves

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada bilichita bogari, bokadi mooguthi balli
Hindi pan-bel
Malayalam cherutali, tirutali
Tamil chirutali, cirutali, kuruguttal
Telugu golla jiddu aaku, nalla kokkita
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit laksmana, vachagandha
English Obscure morning glory

[3]

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Climber

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple alternate 2.5-6 x 2-4 cm, ovate to cordate, apex acuminate, base cordate, pubescent or glabrescent on both surfaces; petiole to 3 cm long.

[4]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Bisexual Solitary or subumbellate cymes Pale yellow, throat purplish 5 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.

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsule 6 - 8 mm across seeds 5 mm long, ovoid, black, thinly pubescent {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

Can be easily grown from seeds

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.

Photo Gallery

  • Leaves

  • Leaves

  • Flowers

  • Flower

  • Capsule

  • Capsules

  • Starr-090709-2490-Ipomoea obscura-flowering habit-Launiupoko-Maui (24601609689).

    Habitat

References

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Uses 1
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Uses 2
  3. ↑ Vernacular names
  4. ↑ Botonic description

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