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Ipomoea purga

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Wenderoth) Hayne

Propagation

S.

Cultivated

C, roots cultivated for a purgative

Common Names

• Jalap
• Manto (Mexico)
• Morada (Mexico)
• Mechoacán (Costa Rica)
• Churristate (Costa Rica)

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Panama
• Florida
• Georgia - USA

Natural Habitats

• Secondary vegetation
• coastal
• thickets
• hedges

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Fruiting Times

Downy or glabrous twiner, thick root. Sometimes-lobed leaves tomentose beneath, single white flowers,coriaceous glabrous mucronate sepals, purple-red corolla to 80mm+ long.

Purgative

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Herklots 1976
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Kew
• Standley