Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawler Family : Convolvulaceae Common name : Lakshmana, Pan bel

🍀 Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawler

Family : Convolvulaceae

Common name : Lakshmana, Pan bel

Habit : Climber

Habitat : Degraded forest areas and also in the plains 

Fl. & Fr. : Jul - Oct

🍁 Seeds are used as cleaning agent, to improve difficult breathing,relive pain and to improve vision. A root decoction is drunk against dysentery. 

Sweta Mishra

Biodiversity and Conservation Lab.

Ambika Prasad Research Foundation

Cuttack, Odisha India

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