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Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Rivea hypocrateriformis

Rivea hypocrateriformis

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Climber
Growth—

Grows in the wild in moist, gravelly-loamy soils.

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Rivea+hypocrateriformis>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants — http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 ↩︎Terse details of a huge range of useful plants.
  2. [2]Flowers of India — http://www.flowersofindia.net/ ↩︎A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars.
  3. [3]The Flora of British India. (in 7 volumes) — Hooker J.D. · L.Reeve & Co.; London · 1872 - 1897 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Rather dated, but has some information on plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  4. [4]Vitamin C content of commonly eaten green leafy vegetables in fresh and under different storage conditions — Umaramani M. & Sivakanesan R. · 2015 · ISBN 2349 - 1183 ↩︎
  5. [5]Screening the Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Potential of Ventilago denticulata, Scolopia crenata and Rivea hypocrate — Smitha P. Venkata et al · 2012 ↩︎
  6. [6]Chemical Composition and Hepatoprotective Effects of Polyphenolic Fraction from Rivea hypocrateriformisin Paracetamo — Shivakumar S. Godipurge et al · 2016 · http://dx.doi.org/10.22159/ijpps.2016v8i10.13606 · ISBN 0975-1491 ↩︎
  7. [7]Evaluation of phytochemical content, nutritional value and antioxidant activity of Phanji ‑ Rivea hypocrateriformis — Sneha D. Borkar; Raghavendra Naik; Vinay J. Shukla; Rabinara · 2015 · http:// http://www.ayujournal.org · ISBN DOI: 10.4103/0974 ↩︎
  8. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎