Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Ipomoea aquatica
Scientific Name and Description
Ipomoea aquatica FORSK.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Ipomoea reptans (L.) POIR.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | kangkong, swamp morning glory, water ipomoea or swamp cabbage, water spinach |
| Hindi | ganthian, kalmisag, karmi, nali, nari, patuasaga, sarnali, Kalmi Saag |
| Kannada | balle soppu, bile hambu, bilee hambu, bili hambu, neeru bilee gadde, neeru bili gedde hambu, neeru bili gedde hoo, neeru hambu |
| Malayalam | ballel,Kangkong |
| Marathi | naala, naalichi-bhaaji, nadishaka, nalichi bhaji, taksi-vel |
| Sanskrit | kadambi, kalaka, kalamba, kalambah, kalambi, kalambika, kalashaka, kechuka, nadika, nalika, pattashaka, pechu, pechuli, shataparna, shradhashaka, vishvarochana |
| Tamil | aaraikeerai, allai, allaikkoti, cakkaravartti-k-kirai, centika, centikakkoti, kalampam, koilangu, nali, nalikam, nalikam, nalitam, sarkaraivalli, sarkareivalli, vallai, vallai kodi, vallaik-kodi, vallaikkirai, vallaikkoti, vallal, vallikkoti, vankaravallai ,vantalakkirai, vantalkirai, varipani, variparani, variparni, vittiracitakkoti, vittiracitam, viyappirakakkoti, viyappirakam, Kangkong |
| Telugu | thantikada, thooti koora, thootikoora, thutikoora, tutikura |
| Common names | water spinach, kangkong, swamp morning glory, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Leaves
Flowers
Ethnopharmacology use
Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.
Habit - Herb
Parts used - Flower, shoot, leaves, root
Application - Diarrhoea; laxative; blood purifier; black ring around the eye; indigestion; vegetable; hemorrhoids
Treatment - General
References - Chander et al. 2015, Dansi et al. 2008, Prashanth Kumar and Shiddamallayya 2015, Shanmugam et al. 2012
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Chander et al. 2015,
Dansi et al. 2008,
Prashanth Kumar and Shiddamallayya 2015
Shanmugam et al. 2012
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Rajasthan Vol.2 Author - B.V.Shetty & V. Singh
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Ipomoea aquatica. (2024, June 11). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipomoea_aquatica