Fairly common along the side of wetlands The plant is useful in burning sensation, strangury, hyperdipsia, general debility and sterility in women. The roots are used as a remedy to swelling of the body due to viper bite.
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uses
The plant is useful in burning sensation, strangury, hyperdipsia, general debility and sterility in women. The roots are used as a remedy to swelling of the body due to viper bite.
family
Convolvulaceae
synonym
Convolvulus marginatus Desr., Ipomoea sepiaria Koenig ex Roxb.
description
Twining herbs. Leaves simple, × alternate, triangular-cordiform, 5-8 3-5 cm, apex acute-apiculate, base cordate, thinly pubescent, petiole 1-2 cm long. Cymes sub-umbellate, axillary. Sepals sub- equal, obovate, glabrous. Corolla pinkish- white, ca. 3 cm across, salver-form. Stamens included. Capsule globose; seeds pubescent.