Trees & Plants

Obscure morning glory

Thaalhafilimaa

Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker

Occasional along the side of marshy areas or Grown as an ornamental and also as fodder for livestock. The leaves are used as vegetable in Kenya. Dried and powdered leaves are used to treat aphthae. A decoction made from the roots is taken against dysentery. The plant is reported

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uses: Grown as an ornamental and also as fodder for livestock. The leaves are used as vegetable in Kenya. Dried and powdered leaves are used to treat aphthae. A decoction made from the roots is taken against dysentery. The plant is reported to have rejuvenating, diuretic, laxative, deobstruant, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properites.
family: Convolvulaceae
synonym: Convolvulus obscurus L., Ipomoea luteola R. Br.
description: Slender twining herbs. Leaves × simple, alternate, 2.5-6 2-4 cm, ovate to cordate, apex acuminate, base cordate; petiole to 3 cm long. Flowers solitary or in subumbellate cymes; pedicel to 1-1.5 cm long. Sepal 4-8 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, apex acute-apiculate. Corolla yellowish, throat purplish, 1.5-2.5 cm long, ca. 2.5 cm across, campanulate. Stamens 5, villous at base. Ovary ca. 1.5 mm long, conical; stigma capitate. Capsule 6-8 mm across, subglobose, apically beaked; seeds ca. 5 mm Gawl. NARAHDISAS .N/OAF long, ovoid, black, thinly pubescent.
native range: Tropical Africa, Asia and the South Pacific
distribution: Africa, Asia-Pacific region and the West Indies to
english names: Obscure morning glory
flowering fruiting: October - March
occurrence maldives: Occasional along the side of marshy areas or