WorldFloraDB - Jacquemontia paniculata

Characteristics

Herbs twining. Stems terete, 0.25-2 m, pubescent when young, glabrescent. Petiole 1-6 cm, pubescent; leaf blade lanceolate, ovate or ovate-oblong, 1.5-8 X 0.5-5 cm, ± villous or glabrous adaxially, base cordate or rounded to cuneate, apex acuminate, mucronulate; lateral veins 5-8 pairs. Inflorescences umbelliform-cymose, loose to dense; peduncle 0.3-4 cm; bracts subulate. Pedicel 3-5 mm, pubescent. Sepals unequal, ± acuminate apically, pilose to glabrous abaxially; outer 3 ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 5-7 X ca. 4 mm; inner 2 smaller. Corolla lilac, pale purple, pink, or white, funnelform, 0.8-1.2 cm; limb shallowly 5-lobed, glabrous or lobes sparsely pubescent apically. Filaments subequal, pubescent basally; anthers oblong. Ovary glabrous. Style ca. 8 mm; stigmas oblong. Capsule globose, 3-4 mm in diam., 8-valved. Seeds brownish yellow to purplish black, 1.5-2 mm, minutely tuberculate, glabrous, edges narrowly winged. 2n = 18.

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Annual twiner; stems pubescent.. Leaf-blade ovate-cordate, up to 4.5(–8) cm. long and 3.5(–5) cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, glabrescent above and sparsely pubescent beneath on the nerves or densely tomentose all over; petiole up to 2.5(–6) cm. long, pubescent.. Flowers several to many in a ± dense cyme; peduncle up to 5.5 cm. long, pubescent; secondarypeduncles and pedicels up to 0.5 cm. long; bracts minute.. Sepals ovate, acute, about 6 mm. long, 2.5–4 mm. wide, pubescent.. Corolla white, pink or yellow, 1 cm. long.. Capsule globose, 5–6 mm. in diameter, straw-coloured.. Seeds dark, subtrigonous, 2.5 mm. long, with very narrow ± indistinct hyaline margins and pale raised roughenings.

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Growth form	herb
Growth support	climber
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

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Uses	medicinal
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Therapeutic use	Blood pressure regulation (leaf), Constipation (leaf), Sleep initiation and maintenance disorders (leaf), Astringents (rhizome), Central nervous system depressants (rhizome), Diabetes mellitus (rhizome), Dysentery (rhizome), Lactation disorders (rhizome), Aphrodisiacs (root), Cathartics (root), Cholagogues and choleretics (root), Cough (root), Demulcents (root), Fatigue (root), Galactogogues (root), Leprosy (root), General tonic for rejuvenation (root), Scorpion stings (root), Sleep initiation and maintenance disorders (root), Disorder of ejaculation (seed), Erectile dysfunction (seed), Metrorrhagia (seed), Neurasthenia (seed), Sexually transmitted diseases (seed), Vitiligo (seed), Diabetes mellitus (tuber), Erectile dysfunction (tuber), Leukorrhea (tuber)
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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:270221-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001298709
COL ID	6NDBL
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	671066
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Synonyms

Ipomoea paniculata Jacquemontia paniculata

Lower taxons

Jacquemontia paniculata var. paniculata Jacquemontia paniculata var. tomentosa Jacquemontia paniculata var. lanceolata

WorldFloraDB 2024

Jacquemontia paniculata Hallier F.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Jacquemontia