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Purple heart glory

Thaafilimaa
Ipomoea marginata (Desr.)

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.
native range
Not clearly known
distribution
Paleotropics Verdc.
english names
Purple heart glory · Hedge bind-weed
flowering fruiting
December - March
occurrence maldives
Fairly common along the side of wetlands
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