Nicolás Rodríguez Cerón · https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilyConvolvulaceae
Jul / Ago
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,026
- With media
- 580
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, CICY, CCBA-FMVZ-UADY, INECOL, CIHS-UAC, UNICACH
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
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, and to bioaccumulation of selenium in the leaves but mostly in the seeds. Ingestion of seeds or leaves causes abnormal endocrine functions and gastrointestinal functions, immune system alternation, abnormality in embryogenesis.
The stem of I. carnea can be used for making paper. The plant is also of medicinal value. It contains a component identical to marsilin, a sedative and anticonvulsant. A glycosidic saponin has also been purified from I. carnea with anticarcinogenic and oxytocic properties.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ipomoea carnea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.