Ipomoea turbinata

Lagasca

Convolvulaceae Edible: Seeds, Fruit, Fruit stalks, Vegetable, Leaves Potential hazards — see below 151 iNaturalist observations

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Description

An annual herb. It is twining. It has milky sap. The stems are 2-10 m long. The leaf blade is heart shaped and 7-18 cm long by 7-15 cm wide. The flowers come out at night. The flower stalk is 3-6 cm long. The fruit is an oval capsule 2 cm across. The seeds are black and 3 sided.

Edible Uses

The young seeds, fruit, and thickened fruit stalks are cooked and eaten as vegetables. The leaves are also eaten as a vegetable.

Traditional Uses

The young seeds, fruit and thickened fruit stalks are eaten as a vegetable. They are cooked and eaten. The leaves are eaten as a vegetable.

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Known Hazards

The various parts of the plant are used as food, medicine and poison by the peoples of its native and expanded range. In the Indian state of Kerala, the plant is called clove bean or nithya vazhutana and the swollen peduncles are consumed, typically pan-fried or as a thoran.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in thickets and on flood plains between 600-1,200 m altitude. In Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Africa, Angola, Argentina, Asia, Burkina Faso, Central Africa, China, East Africa, Gambia, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Japan, Kashmir, Malawi, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, North America, Northeastern India, Pakistan, Philippines, SE Asia, Sierra Leone, South America, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Venezuela, Vietnam, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Synonyms

Calonyction longiflorum HasskarlCalonyction muricatum (L.) G. DonConvolvulus muricatus L.Ipomoea bonanox L. var. purpurascens Ker GawlerIpomoea muricata (L.) Jacq.

Also Known As

Ding xiang qie, Kantel phool, Nithya vazhuthana, Phang

References (10)

Dalziel, J. M., 1937, The Useful plants of west tropical Africa. Crown Agents for the Colonies London.(As Calonyction muricatum)
Datar, M. N. & Upadhye, A. S., 2016, Forest foods of northern region of Western Ghats. MACS - Agharkar Research Institute, Pune. Pp 1-160. ISBN: 978-93-85735-10-3 p 97
Flora of China. Vol. 16 p 310
Flora of China. www.eFloras.org
Gunn, 1972, Brittonia 24:150-168

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Jadhav, R., et al, 2015, Forest Foods of Northern Western Ghats: Mode of Consumption, Nutrition and Availability. Asian Agri-History Vol. 19, No. 4: 293-317
Joseph, M. A. & Antony, V. T., 2014, Wild edible Convolvulacean members used by the ULLADA tribes of ALEPPEY DISTRICT, KERALA. Journal of Science Vol. 4 No. 7 p 425-427
Kuvar, S. D. & Shinde, R. D., 2019, Wild Edible Plants used by Kokni Tribe of Nasik District, Maharashtra. Journal of Global Biosciences. Volume 8, Number 2, 2019, pp. 5936-5945
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 96
Prabha, Y. P., et al, 2010, Documentation of Wild Edible Plants of Melghat Forest, Dist. Amravati, Maharashtra State, India. Ethnobotanical Leaflets 14: 751-58, 2010.