Articles tagged “Ipomoea obscura”
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• Ipomoea obscura, Medicinal Plants, Pure Herbs, single herbs,
🍀 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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• Bengaluru, India, Ipomoea obscura, Karnataka, Pure Herbs, single herbs,
Ipomoea obscura in Bengaluru Karnataka India
Ipomoea obscura syn. Convolvulus obscurus (Obscure morning glory or pan bel) - Convolvulaceae. Beautiful pale yellow flowers with deep purple throat. Banglore, Karnataka IndiaIpomoea obscura, the obscure morning glory or small white morning glory, is a species of the genus Ipomoea. It is native to parts of Africa, Asia, and certain Pacific Islands, and it is present in other areas as an introduced species.
The leaves of Ipomoea obscura are collected from the wild and eaten as a cooked vegetable in Kenya and added to soup in Nigeria. The plant is also used as fodder for all livestock. In DR Congo leaf sap is used to treat fits of insanity and in eastern Africa a root decoction is drunk against dysentery.
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