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Ipomoea cairica (L.)Sweet.
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- Local Name:
- Irari. Wild sweet potato.
- Synonym:
- Habit & Habitat:
- A perennial climber found in sub-tropical zone.
- Plant Description:
- Stem twining with tuberous root. Leaves compound ovate to orbicular in outline, palemately divided into 5-lobes.Lobes lanceolate,ovate-lanceolate,ovate-elliptic,3-10cm long.Inflorescence 1- few cymes.Flower actinomorphic, purple. Sepals ovate,obtuse. Corolla funnel- shaped. Fruit a capsule,subglobose,1-012mm long, black.Root tuberous.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- July-November.
- Harvesting Time:
- August-December.
- Medicinal Value:
- Locally leaf and tuber extract is applied on pimples to remove toxic material. Seed oil is used in treatment of rheumatism and inflammation.
- Part Used:
- Leaf, Tuber, Seed oil.
- Occurrence:
- Cultivated.
- Future Perspective:
- Cultivation, Collection, Herbal Pharmacy, Oil Extraction.
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