Ipomoea obscura | SMPB Kerala

Family: Convolvulaceae
Vernacular names: Cherutali, Thiruthali, ചെറുതാളി, തിരുതാളി (Malayalam), Siruttaalai (Tamil)
Distribution: China, Tropical Asia and Africa
Description: Slender twining herbs. Leaves, ovate to cordate, pubescent or glabrescent on both surfaces. Flowers yellow or white with purple, solitary or in sub-umbellate cymes. Capsule, sub globose, apically beaked; seeds ovoid, black, thinly pubescent.
Habit: Climbers/Lianas
Habitat: Degraded forest areas and also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: October-March

Parts used: Leaves
Properties & Uses: Leaves are aromatic and useful in aphthous affections and sores.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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