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Ipomoea tricolor - Morning Glory

Page Contents 1. Ipomoea violacea Names/Taxonomy 2. Ipomoea violacea Psychoactivity 3. Ipomoea violacea Chemistry 3. Ipomoea violacea Varieties 5. Related Pages

Family: Convolvulaceae

Tribe: Ipomoeeae.

Botanical Name: Ipomoea tricolor Cav.

Subgenus: Eriospermum

Section: Erpipomoea

Varieties:

English Name(s): Morning Glory, Moon Flower, Ololiuqui.

Synonyms: Ipomoea violacea auct., non L.

Related Species: Ipomoea aquatica, Ipomoea asarifolia, Ipomoea barteri, Ipomoea coptica, Ipomoea imperati, Ipomoea marginata, Ipomoea obscura, Ipomoea ochracea, Ipomoea papilio, Ipomoea pes-caprae, Ipomoea simplex, Ipomoea tenuipes, Ipomoea tuberculata.

Psychoactivity: Back to top

There are certain varieties that contain psychoactive chemicals in the seeds.

Ipomoea violacea chemistry: Back to top

Please note: Some chemicals may not be listed and some may or may not be toxic. Do not consume plants based on this table, it only gives a general idea of *some* of the chemicals this plant contains.

Ipomoea violacea Varieties: Back to top

Ipomoea violacea Identification: Back to top

From: Flora of China

Plants perennial, woody, twining, glabrous. Stems to 5 m, often longitudinally wrinkled. Petiole 3.5-11 cm; leaf blade circular or ovate, 5-16 X 5-14 cm, base deeply cordate; lobes rounded or rarely angular, apex acuminate, mucronulate; lateral veins 7 or 8 pairs. Inflorescences 1- to few flowered; peduncle often 2.5-4.5(-7) cm. Pedicel 1.5-3 cm, thickened and clavate in fruit. Flowers nocturnal. Sepals กำ circular, equal or outer 2 shorter, 1.5-2.5 cm, thinly leathery, apex obtuse or emarginate, mucronulate, enlarged in fruit and reflexed. Corolla white, with green midpetaline bands, salverform, 9-12 cm; limb 8-10 cm in diam. Stamens included; filaments inserted near base of corolla tube. Pistil included; ovary glabrous. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule pale brown, ovoid to กำ globose, 2-2.5 cm, glabrous. Seeds black, 1-1.2 cm, densely short tomentose, edges with ca. 3 mm long sericeous hairs. 2n = 30.

Related Pages: Back to top

Convolvulaceae (Morning Glory) Research, Studies and Publications.

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