Ipomoea digitata L.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

A creeping plant with tuberous roots. The plant is smooth and without hairs. The stem is thick and tough. It has branches 5-10 m long. The leaves are divided like fingers on a hand with 5-7 lobes. These are broadly oval or round. The leaf can be 10-28 cm across. The leaf stalk is 5-18 cm long. The flower stalks are 15-25 cm long with a clump of flowers at the end. There can be 5-10 flowers. These are red. The seed are covered with matted fine hairs. Probably now Ipomoea cheirophylla.
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows naturally on sand behind the beach edge. It also often grows along fences in the sunlight.
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Usage

The tubers are eaten like sweet potato. The leaves can be cooked and eaten.
Uses fodder medicinal
Edible leaves roots tubers
Therapeutic use Alterative (unspecified), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Cholagogue (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Demulcent (unspecified), Emaciation (unspecified), Hepatitis (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Splenitis (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Tumor(Abdomen) (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Lactogogue (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Lactagogue (unspecified), Menorrhagia (unspecified), Rennet (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified)
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Distribution

Ipomoea digitata world distribution map, present in Dominican Republic and Haiti

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:268777-1
WFO ID wfo-0001297371
COL ID 3PVYT
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Synonyms

Ipomoea rubrocincta Quamoclit digitata Ipomoea digitata Ipomoea paniculata var. digitata Ipomoea rubrocincta var. brachyloba