Ipomoea obscura in Genus Ipomoea

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Internal ID	UUID64405bb343a23228920203
Scientific name	Ipomoea obscura
Authority	(L.) Ker Gawl.
First published in	Bot. Reg. 3: t. 239 (1817)

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The plant is a vine that grows up to 3 meters in length, and its flowers are white or pale pink. The flowers are pollinated by bees and other insects, and the plant produces a small, round, black fruit.

Ipomoea obscura, also known as the obscure morning glory or small white morning glory, is a species of the genus Ipomoea native to parts of Africa, Asia, and certain Pacific Islands. It is a vine that grows up to 3 meters in length, with white or pale pink flowers. The flowers are pollinated by bees and other insects, and the plant produces a small, round, black fruit. The seed of this plant is toxic if ingested, but the leaves can be cooked and eaten.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Ipomoea obscura var. fragilis	(Choisy) A.Meeuse	Fl. Pl. Africa 31: t. 1222. 1956
Convolvulus obscurus	L.	Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 220 (1762)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	obscure morning glory
English	obscure morning-glory
English	small white morning glory
English	lesser glory
English	small white glory
Afrikaans	wildepatat
Bengali	কুড়াকলমি
Bengali	ছাগলখুরি
Malayalam	തിരുതാളി
Vietnamese	bìm mờ
Chinese	野牽牛
Chinese	小心叶薯
Chinese	小红薯
Chinese	紫心牵牛
Chinese	小心葉薯

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Name	Authority	First published in
Ipomoea obscura var. demissa	Verdc.	Kew Bull. 33: 165 (1978)
Ipomoea obscura var. obscura	(L.) Ker Gawl.	Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 15 1898 = Zwei Convolvulaceensammlung des Botanischen Museums zu Hamburg (1898) 6
Ipomoea obscura var. sagittifolia	Verdc.	Kew Bull. 13: 210 (1958)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct

- Introduced

- Native

Africa click to expand
- East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya
  - Tanzania
  - Uganda
- Northeast Tropical Africa
  - Chad
  - Djibouti
  - Eritrea
  - Ethiopia
  - Socotra
  - Somalia
  - Sudan
- South Tropical Africa
  - Angola
  - Malawi
  - Mozambique
  - Zambia
  - Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa
  - Botswana
  - Cape Provinces
  - Caprivi Strip
  - Free State
  - Kwazulu-Natal
  - Namibia
  - Northern Provinces
  - Swaziland
- West Tropical Africa
  - Gambia
  - Ghana
  - Ivory Coast
  - Nigeria
  - Sierra Leone
  - Togo
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi
  - Cameroon
  - Central African Republic
  - Rwanda
- Western Indian Ocean
  - Aldabra
  - Comoros
  - Madagascar
  - Mauritius
  - Rodrigues
  - Réunion
  - Seychelles

Asia-temperate click to expand
- Arabian Peninsula
  - Oman
  - Saudi Arabia
  - Yemen
- China
  - China South-central
  - China Southeast
  - Hainan
- Eastern Asia
  - Taiwan

Asia-tropical click to expand
- Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam
  - Bangladesh
  - India
  - Nepal
  - Pakistan
  - Sri Lanka
- Indo-China
  - Cambodia
  - Laos
  - Myanmar
  - South China Sea
  - Thailand
  - Vietnam
- Malesia
  - Borneo
  - Christmas Island
  - Jawa
  - Lesser Sunda Islands
  - Malaya
  - Maluku
  - Philippines
  - Sulawesi
  - Sumatera
- Papuasia
  - New Guinea
  - Solomon Islands

Australasia click to expand
- Australia
  - Queensland

Pacific click to expand
- North-central Pacific
  - Hawaii
- Northwestern Pacific
  - Marianas
- South-central Pacific
  - Cook Islands
  - Marquesas
  - Society Islands
  - Tuamotu
- Southwestern Pacific
  - Fiji
  - New Caledonia

Southern America click to expand
- Caribbean
  - Dominican Republic
  - Jamaica
  - Leeward Islands
  - Windward Islands

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0001297254
USDA Plants	IPOB
Tropicos	8500732
INPN	445580
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:269406-1
The Plant List	tro-8500732
Open Tree Of Life	270711
NCBI Taxonomy	89652
Nature Serve	2.139817
IPNI	269406-1
iNaturalist	164092
GBIF	2928565
Freebase	/m/076tljz
EPPO	IPOOB
EOL	580416
USDA GRIN	311623
Wikipedia	Ipomoea_obscura

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Compatibility systems and pollinator dependency in morning glory species (Convolvulaceae)

Hassa P, Traiperm P, Stewart AB

BMC Plant Biol

15-Sep-2023

PMCID:	PMC10503090
doi:	10.1186/s12870-023-04437-y
PMID:	37715144

Natural Products as New Approaches for Treating Bladder Cancer: From Traditional Medicine to Novel Drug Discovery

Kang Y, Park C, Lee H, Kang S, Cheon C, Kim B

Pharmaceutics

31-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10145408
doi:	10.3390/pharmaceutics15041117
PMID:	37111603

Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches

Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF

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PMCID:	PMC10005506
doi:	10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:	36904005

Community-Level Incentive Mechanisms for the Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives: A Malawi Case Study

Drucker AG, Mponya NK, Grazioli F, Maxted N, Brehm JM, Dulloo E

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PMCID:	PMC10005345
doi:	10.3390/plants12051030
PMID:	36903889

Phytochemicals as Immunomodulatory Agents in Melanoma

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PMID:	36768978

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12-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC9863821
doi:	10.3390/jof9010107
PMID:	36675928

Stem cambial variants of Taiwan lianas

Yang SZ, Chen PH, Chen JJ

Bot Stud

24-Sep-2022

PMCID:	PMC9509506
doi:	10.1186/s40529-022-00358-5
PMID:	36153445

Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa

Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT

Plants (Basel)

23-May-2022

PMCID:	PMC9143319
doi:	10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:	35631812

Inventorization and Consensus Analysis of Ethnoveterinary Medicinal Knowledge Among the Local People in Eastern India: Perception, Cultural Significance, and Resilience

Mandal SK, Rahaman CH

Front Pharmacol

29-Apr-2022

PMCID:	PMC9099233
doi:	10.3389/fphar.2022.861577
PMID:	35571138

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Fatima M, Anjum I, Abdullah A, Abid SZ, Malik MN

ACS Omega

14-Apr-2022

PMCID:	PMC9088903
doi:	10.1021/acsomega.1c07292
PMID:	35559194

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14-Mar-2022

PMCID:	PMC8920478
doi:	10.1016/j.csbj.2022.03.009
PMID:	35308802

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Shahin SM, Jaleel A, Alyafei MA

Molecules

27-Oct-2021

PMCID:	PMC8587291
doi:	10.3390/molecules26216486
PMID:	34770890

Fighting coronaviruses with natural polyphenols

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Biocatal Agric Biotechnol

05-Oct-2021

PMCID:	PMC8491928
doi:	10.1016/j.bcab.2021.102179
PMID:	34630764

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Ma LL, Liu HM, Liu XM, Yuan XY, Xu C, Wang F, Lin JZ, Xu RC, Zhang DK

Eur J Med Chem

04-Oct-2021

PMCID:	PMC8489279
doi:	10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113857
PMID:	34628234

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30-Aug-2021

PMCID:	PMC8403698
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PMID:	34479017

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lignans, neolignans and related compounds
(E)-N-[2-[5-[(1R,2S)-1,3-dihydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)propan-2-yl]oxy-1H-indol-3-yl]ethyl]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enamide	5318459	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C(C(CO)OC2=CC3=C(C=C2)NC=C3CCNC(=O)C=CC4=CC=C(C=C4)O)O)O	518.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00756-2
N-[2-[5-[1,3-dihydroxy-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)propan-2-yl]oxy-1H-indol-3-yl]ethyl]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enamide	78385122	Click to see COC1=C(C=CC(=C1)C(C(CO)OC2=CC3=C(C=C2)NC=C3CCNC(=O)C=CC4=CC=C(C=C4)O)O)O	518.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00756-2
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
(E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-N-[2-[5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1H-indol-3-yl]ethyl]prop-2-enamide	44200708	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC(=O)NCCC2=CNC3=C2C=C(C=C3)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	484.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00756-2
3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-N-[2-[5-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1H-indol-3-yl]ethyl]prop-2-enamide	74949615	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC(=O)NCCC2=CNC3=C2C=C(C=C3)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O	484.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00756-2
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Ethers / Diarylethers
Ipobscurine C	101243385	Click to see COC1=CC2=CC(=C1O)OC3=CC=C(C=C3)C=CC(=O)NCCC4=CNC5=C4C=C(C=C5)OC(C2O)CO	516.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00756-2
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Indoles and derivatives / Tryptamines and derivatives / Serotonins / N-acylserotonins
N-[2-(5-hydroxy-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enamide	340063	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC(=O)NCCC2=CNC3=C2C=C(C=C3)O)O	322.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00756-2
N-Coumaroyl serotonin	5458879	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C=CC(=O)NCCC2=CNC3=C2C=C(C=C3)O)O	322.40	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00756-2
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Naphthopyrans
(1S,4R,5S,16R,23S,26S,30R)-26-hydroxy-4,5,13,13,15,15,31,31-octamethyl-14,32,33-trioxa-7-azanonacyclo[28.2.1.01,27.04,26.05,23.06,21.08,20.010,18.011,16]tritriaconta-6(21),8(20),9,11,18,27-hexaen-29-one	163187176	Click to see CC1(C=C2C(CC3=CC4=C(C=C32)NC5=C4CC6C5(C7(CCC89C(=CC(=O)C(O8)C(O9)(C)C)C7(CC6)O)C)C)C(O1)(C)C)C	583.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00756-2
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Macrolactams
(3S,4R,15E)-4,8-dihydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-7-methoxy-2,10-dioxa-18,23-diazapentacyclo[19.5.2.211,14.15,9.024,28]hentriaconta-1(27),5(31),6,8,11,13,15,21,24(28),25,29-undecaen-17-one	5318460	Click to see COC1=CC2=CC(=C1O)OC3=CC=C(C=C3)C=CC(=O)NCCC4=CNC5=C4C=C(C=C5)OC(C2O)CO	516.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00756-2
(3S,4R,15Z)-4,8-dihydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-7-methoxy-2,10-dioxa-18,23-diazapentacyclo[19.5.2.211,14.15,9.024,28]hentriaconta-1(27),5(31),6,8,11,13,15,21,24(28),25,29-undecaen-17-one	5318461	Click to see COC1=CC2=CC(=C1O)OC3=CC=C(C=C3)C=CC(=O)NCCC4=CNC5=C4C=C(C=C5)OC(C2O)CO	516.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00756-2

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Ipomoea obscura

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