''Ipomoea sagittifolia'' is a species of
morning glory
Morning glory (also written as morning-glory) is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, whose taxonomy and systematics remain in flux. These species are distributed across numerous genus, gene ...
in the genus ''
Ipomoea
''Ipomoea'' () is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species. It is a large and diverse group, with common names including morning glory, Ipomoea aquatica, water convolvulus or water spinach, sweet potato, ...
''.
It is native to Africa, India, the Malay Archipelago, and Australia. It was erroneously reported to occur in Taiwan.
Physiology
Alkaloids
It is used in traditional Indian medicine because its seeds contains the
indole alkaloid
Indole alkaloids are a class of alkaloids containing a structural moiety of indole; many indole alkaloids also include isoprene groups and are thus called terpene indole or secologanin tryptamine alkaloids. Containing more than 4100 known differ ...
s ipobscurine A, B, and C.
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Medicinal plants
sagittifolia
Taxa named by Nicolaas Laurens Burman
Flora of Africa
Flora of Australia
Flora of tropical Asia
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