Environmental Engineering Reference
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IPOMOEA MURICATA
(LINNAEUS) JACQUIN
Phylum: Magnaliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Common name: Purple moon lower
Distribution: India
Habitat: Bank of streams and rivers
Description: It is a climber of 5 m long with purplish, slender twining stems.
Leaves are 12 cm long and heart shaped. Purple lowers that are 5 lobed are
in groups of one to few.
Compounds and activities: The bioactive compounds isolated from this spe-
cies include ipalbine, ipalbidine, ipalbinium, and ipomine, which possess
analgesic properties (Ysrael, 2003).
