Description
Ipomoea pes-tigridis-Naripadam, Pulichuvadi, Pulichuvatu, Poochakkal-valli, Bindweed, Cupid’s flower, Tiger’s foot- medicinal plant.
Catananche caerulea, Cupid’s dart, is a greyish green perennial herbaceous plant with a basal leaf rosette and conspicuous blue-purple or sometimes white flowerheads, belonging to the daisy family. It is a popular garden plant and is often used in dried flower arrangements.
Ipomoea pes-tigridis is a species of Ipomoea and family Convolvulaceae.It is known as tiger’s footprint (tiger’s paw). The species is distributed in Asia, Africa, Australia and other islands in the Pacific. It grows in roadsides and sea coasts which sea level is between 0 and 400 m.
The ethno medical information of the plant reveals that the herb Ipomoea pes-tigridis Linn was used as an antidote to dogbite, boils and carbuncles, the leaves were applied as a poultice for boils, carbuncles and sores.
