Convolvulaceae FAMILY
Ipomoea pes-tigridis
Ipomoea pes-tigridis
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Ipomoea pes-tigridis is an annual climbing plant with slender stems up to 3 metres long that twine into the surrounding vegetation or scramble over the ground[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeOld world tropics and subtropics in Africa, southern and eastern Asia to New Guinea.
HabitatGrasslands, waste places, fields, thickets, occasionally in teak forests, also in sandy soils near beaches; at elevations up to 1,300 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].