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[[File:Gumbadvel (Gujarati- ગુંબડવેલ) (2442300347).jpg|thumb|right|''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==
{{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Sores and pustules}}, <ref name="Uses"/> {{Uses|Snake bites}}, {{Uses|Improves difficult breathing}}, {{Uses|Relieves pain}} <ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bilichita bogari, bokadi mooguthi balli|ml=cherutali, tirutali|sa=laksmana, vachagandha|ta=chirutali, cirutali, kuruguttal|te=golla jiddu aaku, nalla kokkita|hi=pan-bel
|en=Obscure morning glory}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==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==
{{Habit|Climber}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|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. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|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===
{{Fruit|Capsule|6 - 8 mm across||seeds 5 mm long, ovoid, black, thinly pubescent|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Can be easily grown from seeds
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Starr 060416-7659 Ipomoea obscura.jpg|Leaves
File:Starr 070215-4603 Ipomoea obscura.jpg|Leaves
File:Starr 030530-0039 Ipomoea obscura.jpg|Flowers
File:Ipomoea obscura (1571451180).jpg|Flower
File:Starr 030612-0054 Ipomoea obscura.jpg|Capsule
File:Starr 030612-0056 Ipomoea obscura.jpg|Capsules
File:Starr-090709-2490-Ipomoea obscura-flowering habit-Launiupoko-Maui (24601609689).|Habitat
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Ipomoea_obscura_(PROTA) Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320843915_Ethno-medicinal_uses_of_some_species_of_genus_Ipomoea_L_from_Maharashtra_state Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ipomoea+obscura]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Comvolvulaceae]]
'''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==
{{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Sores and pustules}}, <ref name="Uses"/> {{Uses|Snake bites}}, {{Uses|Improves difficult breathing}}, {{Uses|Relieves pain}} <ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Seeds}}, {{Parts Used|Leaves}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=bilichita bogari, bokadi mooguthi balli|ml=cherutali, tirutali|sa=laksmana, vachagandha|ta=chirutali, cirutali, kuruguttal|te=golla jiddu aaku, nalla kokkita|hi=pan-bel
|en=Obscure morning glory}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==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==
{{Habit|Climber}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|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. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|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===
{{Fruit|Capsule|6 - 8 mm across||seeds 5 mm long, ovoid, black, thinly pubescent|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
Can be easily grown from seeds
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Starr 060416-7659 Ipomoea obscura.jpg|Leaves
File:Starr 070215-4603 Ipomoea obscura.jpg|Leaves
File:Starr 030530-0039 Ipomoea obscura.jpg|Flowers
File:Ipomoea obscura (1571451180).jpg|Flower
File:Starr 030612-0054 Ipomoea obscura.jpg|Capsule
File:Starr 030612-0056 Ipomoea obscura.jpg|Capsules
File:Starr-090709-2490-Ipomoea obscura-flowering habit-Launiupoko-Maui (24601609689).|Habitat
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Ipomoea_obscura_(PROTA) Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Uses">[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320843915_Ethno-medicinal_uses_of_some_species_of_genus_Ipomoea_L_from_Maharashtra_state Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ipomoea+obscura]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Comvolvulaceae]]
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