Biology:Ipomoea carnea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Ipomoea |
| Species: | I. carnea
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| Binomial name | |
| Ipomoea carnea Jacq., 1760
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Ipomoea carnea, the pink morning glory, is a species of morning glory that grows as a bush. This flowering plant has heart-shaped leaves that are a rich green and 6–9 inches (15–23 cm) long. It can be easily grown from seeds. These seeds are toxic and it can be hazardous to cattle; the toxicity is related to the swainsonine produced by its endophytes,[1] and to bioaccumulation of selenium in the leaves but mostly in the seeds.[2]
The stem of I. carnea can be used for making paper.[3] The plant is also of medicinal value.[3] It contains a component identical to marsilin, a sedative and anticonvulsant.[3] A glycosidic saponin has also been purified from I. carnea with anticarcinogenic and oxytocic properties.[3]
One selection of I. carnea, 'Inducer', has been used as a rootstock for inducing flowering of sweetpotato cultivars which otherwise prove reticent to produce flowers.[4]
Another common name is "bush morning glory", but particularly in temperate North America, that usually refers to I. leptophylla.
In Brazil , I. carnea (in addition to other common names) is known as canudo-de-pito, literally "pipe-cane", as its hollow stems were used to make tubes for tobacco pipes. It thus became the namesake of Canudos, a religious community in the sertão of Bahia, over which the War of Canudos was fought 1893–1897.
Leaves of an Ipomoea carnea plant.
Ipomoea carnea flowers
Flowers in Ranchi, India
References
- ↑ Gardner, DR; Cook, D (2016). "Analysis of Swainsonine and Swainsonine N-Oxide as Trimethylsilyl Derivatives by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry and Their Relative Occurrence in Plants Toxic to Livestock". J Agric Food Chem 64 (31): 6156–62. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.6b02390. PMID 27436221.
- ↑ Sabogal, Ana; Dunin Borkowski (December 2007). "[Estado actual de la investigación sobre Ipomoea carnea: toxicidad en ganado caprino]". Revista de Química (Lima, Perú: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú) (January–December 2007): 29–35. ISSN 1012-3946.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Chand, Navin; P. K. Rohatgi (June 20, 2005). "Impact toughness of Ipomoea carnea particulate-polyester composite". Journal of Materials Science Letters (Netherlands: Springer Netherlands) 6 (6): 695–697. doi:10.1007/bf01770929. ISSN 0261-8028.
- ↑ Dukes, P.D.; A. Jones; J.M. Schalk (1990). "'Inducer', a tree morning glory rootstock cultivar for use in breeding sweetpotatoes.". HortScience 25 (2): 238–239. doi:10.21273/hortsci.25.2.238. ISSN 0018-5345.
Wikidata ☰ Q311333 entry
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