Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.
Last updated: 30 June 2015
Scientific Name
Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.
Synonyms
Convolvulus pes-tigridis (L.) Spreng., Ipomoea capitellata Choisy, Ipomoea hepaticifolia L. [1]
Vernacular Name
| English | Tiger's footprint, morning glory, tiger’s foot morning glory [2][3] |
| India | Bilaiguri, bowrveil, langulilata, panchpatri, wagh-nakhi [3] |
| China | Hu zhang teng [3] |
| Indonesia | Garnet (Javanese); samaka furu (Ternate); maka-maka (Tidore) [2][3] |
| Philippines | Bangbangau-ng-buduan, malasandia, ran-grangau, rangrangau ang abuduan, salasandia [3] |
| Thailand | Khayum teenmaa (Northern); thao saai thong loi (Central); phao-Ia buu-Iuu (Peninsular) [2][3] |
| Vietnam | B[if]m ch[aa]n c[oj]p [2][3] |
| Sri Lanka | Divi pahauru [3] |
Geographical Distributions
Ipomoea pes-tigridis is distributed from tropical Africa, Mascarene Islands, to continental tropical Asia and throughout Malaysia. [2]
I. pes-tigridis occurs in grasslands, waste places, fields, thickets, occasionally in teak forests, also in sandy soils near beaches, and up to 1300 m altitude. [2]
Botanical Description
I. pes-tigridis is comes from the family Convolvulaceae. It is a slender, herbaceous annual, twining or sometimes prostrate twig, 0.5-3 m long, and patently hairy with rigid hairs. [2]
The leaves are orbicular or transversely elliptical in outline, and measure 3-7.5 cm x 2.5-10 cm. They are palmately divided nearly to the base with (3-)5-7(-9) segments. The segment is oblong to elliptical-oblong, and attenuate towards both ends. The petiole is 1.5-10 cm long. [2]
The flowers are in a few-flowered head, with 2-18 cm long peduncle, linear to oblong bracts and 1-3 cm long. The sepals are slightly unequal, 7-12 mm long and lance-shaped while the petal is funnel-shaped, 3-4 cm long, where the midpetaline bands are sparsely hairy, white, with unequal filaments, hairless and with hairless ovary. [2]
The capsule is ovoid, 8 mm long, 1-celled and 4-valved. [2]
There are 4 seeds which are 4 mm long and sparsely grey-tomentose. [2]
Cultivation
I. pes-tigridis can be found flowering throughout the year when sufficient water is available. [2]
Chemical Constituent
No documentation
Plant Part Used
No documentation
Traditional Use
No documentation
Preclinical Data
No documentation
Clinical Data
No documentation
Dosage
No documentation
Poisonous Management
No documentation
Line drawing
Figure 1: The line drawing of I. pes-tigridis. [2]
References
- The Plant List. Ver1.1. Ipomoea pes-tigridis L. [homepage on the Internet]. c2013 [updated 2012 Apr 18; cited 2015 June 30]. Available from: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-8500057
- Dibiyantoro ALH, Schmelzer GH. Ipomoea pes-tigridis L. In: van Valkenburg JLCH, Bunyapraphatsara N, editors. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 12(2): Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Leiden, Netherlands: Backhuys Publisher, 2001; p. 319
- Quattrocchi U. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology. Volume III E-L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press; 2012. p. 590-591.
