Taxon:
Argyreia nervosa (Burm. f.) Bojer
Summary
Place of publication:
Hortus maurit. 224. 1837
Verified:
09/03/2002
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
baby wood-rose – elephant-climber – elephant-creeper – elephant-vine – silken-cord – silver-morning-glory – wood-rose – woolly-morning-glory – German
Holzrose – Swedish
elefantvinda –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Social | hallucinogen | | Shawcross, W. E. 1983. Recreational use of ergoline alkaloids from Argyreia nervosa. J. Psychoact. Drugs 15:251-259. |