Convolvulus pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis

Simões, A. R., Silva, H. & Silveira, P., 2011, The Convolvulaceae of Timor with special reference to East Timor, Blumea 56 (1), pp. 49-72 : 61

a. subsp. brasiliensis (L.) Ooststr. (1940) 533. — Map 10

Convolvulus brasiliensis L. (1753) 159.

Distribution — Circumtropical, the most common subspecies throughout Malesia (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953).

Habitat & Ecology — On and immediately behind seashores, occasionally in the interior, along waysides, ditches and canals, from sea level up to 600 m (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953).

Vernacular name — Tai ilaça (Timor: unknown dialect).

Uses — The seeds are said to be a good remedy for stomachache and cramp; in East Malaysia the leaves are made into poultices, which are used to ripen boils and applied to swellings, wounds, ulcers and such. The juice of the stems is known to be used in the Island of Nusa Kembagan (South Java) as a medicine against bites and stings of fishes. The species may be useful as a sand-binder (Burkill, Heyne in Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953).

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Map 10 Distribution of Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl, (5) I. ochracea (Lindl.) G.Don ($) and I. pes­caprae (L.) R.Br. subsp. brasiliensis (L.) Ooststr. (-).