Ipomoea mauritiana

Botanical Description

Ipomoea mauritiana is a perennial, climbing herbaceous plant, producing stems up to 10 metres long from a tuberous rootstock[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The stems can be woody near the base, becoming herbaceous near the tips, they scramble over the ground, or twine into other plants for support[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 457 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 62 Publication Author Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 1975 ISBN Description An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains the Asclepiadaceae section of the Flora of Panama. ]. The plant is a very popular herbal remedy in several countries. The root is harvested from the wild in large quantities in India and sold in local markets; it is cultivated in Indonesia for these medicinal tubers, and is sometimes also grown as an ornamental[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].