Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Ipomoea asarifolia

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

A purgative toxic resin is probably present in the plant. It is said to cause diarrhoea in horses if accidentally grazed, and madness and death in camels, but camels are recorded to eat it in Senegal and sheep sometimes eat it in Mauritania[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ].

Botanical Description

Ipomoea asarifolia is a herbaceous climbing plant that scrambles over the ground or twines into the surrounding vegetation for support[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local use as a medicine, dye, tying material and tinder. It can be used in soil stabilization projects on sandy soils.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama; Caribbean - Jamaica; Tropical Africa; E. Asia - India

HabitatSandy areas and waste places in Africa[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. Marshy grasslands and waysides at elevations up to 250 metres[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].