Medicinal plant details
Ipomoea mauritianaJacq.
(Vidari)
| Common name | Vidari |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Habitat | Deciduous, evergreen forests and coastal tracts of India |
| Parts used | Tuber |
Synonyms
| Sr. No. | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ipomoea supersticiosa Barb.Rodr. |
| 2 | Apopleumon bignonioides Raf. |
| 3 | Batatas bignonioides G.Don |
| 4 | Batatas insignis G.Don |
| 5 | Batatas loureiroi G.Don |
| 6 | Convolvulus bignonioides Spreng. |
| 7 | Convolvulus insignis Spreng. |
| 8 | Ipomoea baalan Montrouz. |
| 9 | Ipomoea camerunensis Taub. |
| 10 | Ipomoea gossypiifolia Willd. |
| 11 | Ipomoea loureiroi J.Presl |
| 12 | Ipomoea pentaloba Roem. & Schult. |
| 13 | Ipomoea quinqueloba Roem. & Schult. |
| 14 | Ipomoea salaziana Cordem. |
| 15 | Modesta insignis Raf. |
| 16 | Modesta paniculata Raf. |
| 17 | Convolvulus roseus Kunth |
| 18 | Ipomoea insignis Andrews |
| 19 | Ipomoea bignonioides Sims |
| 20 | Convolvulus paniculatus L. |
| 21 | Batatas paniculata Choisy |
| 22 | Ipomoea ennealoba P.Beauv. |
| 23 | Ipomoea eriosperma P.Beauv. |
| 24 | Ipomoea paniculatus (L.) R.Br. |
| 25 | Ipomoea digitata var. quinquefida Meisn. |
| 26 | Ipomoea paniculata var. heterophylla Kuntze |
| 27 | Batatas edulis var. platanifolia Choisy |
Taxonomical information
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum | Streptophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Solanales |
| Family | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus | Ipomoea |
| Species | Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. |
Vernacular names
| Sanskrit | Iksugandha, Kshiravidari |
| English | Giant potato |
| Hindi | Vidaaree Kanda, Bhuh Kumdaa, Bhui Kumbhadaa |
| Kannada | Nelkumbal, Naadakumbala |
| Marathi | Bhui Kohalaa |
| Malayalam | Paalmutakku |
| Bengali | Bhuh Kumdaa, Bhooi Kumhdaa |
| Tamil | Nilappuchani, Paalmudamgi |
| Telugu | Paalagummudu, Nelagummudu |
| Urdu |
Morphology
It is a branched glabrous twining perennial shrub with large tuberous roots. Leaves simple, alternate, long-petioled, palmately 5–7 lobed, flowers bisexual, purple in long peduculate axillary cymes, capsule ovoid, four-celled, four-seeded with wooly seeds
Distribution
Distributed throughout warm and moist regions of India
Medicinal uses
Aphrodisiac, cardiotonic, demulcent, diuretic, refrigerant, and galactogogue
References
| 1 | Sulaiman, C., Geetha, S. P., and Indira, B. (2014). Identification of phenolic antioxidants in Ipomoea mauritiana jacq. using spectrophotometric and mass spectroscopic studies. Avicenna journal of phytomedicine, 4, 89. |