Trees & Plants

Goat’s foot creeper

Bodu veliveyo a

Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R. Br.

Common in sandy sea shores Suitable as a ground cover in sunny, well-drained sites. Leaf juice is used as a first aid to jellyfish stings. The plant is cooling, anti-inflammatory, astringent to bowels, stomachic and laxative. The leaves are applied externally for rheumatism and c

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uses: Suitable as a ground cover in sunny, well-drained sites. Leaf juice is used as a first aid to jellyfish stings. The plant is cooling, anti-inflammatory, astringent to bowels, stomachic and laxative. The leaves are applied externally for rheumatism and colic. in
family: Convolvulaceae
synonym: Convolvulus bilobatus Roxb., Convolvulus pes-caprae L.
description: Stout creepers. Leaves simple, × shallowly 2-lobed, 2-5 3-6 cm, broadly orbicular, base truncate, lateral nerves ca. 6 pairs, coriaceous. Flowers solitary or few in axillary cymes. Calyx lobes 5, unequl, ovate, acuminate, outer surface wrinkled. Corolla pink, ca. 5 cm across, funnel-shaped. Stamens 5. Style long, pilose. Capsule subglobose, glabrous. Seeds brownish-tomentose.
native range: Tropical coastlines around the world
distribution: Circumtropical Br.
english names: Goat’s foot creeper · Beach morning glory
flowering fruiting: November – March
occurrence maldives: Common in sandy sea shores