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Ipomoea asarifolia
Ipomoea asarifolia is a scrambling subshrub in the morning-glory family, native to warm tropical regions of the Americas, Africa, India and Southeast Asia. It is a vine-like plant that needs warmth and sun, and it is not commonly grown as a houseplant.
Ipomoea asarifolia, known as the ginger-leaf morning-glory, is a species of plant in the family Convolvulaceae, of the genus Ipomoea. It is a scrambling subshrub native to the tropical Americas, tropical Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Java, and the Lesser Sunda Islands.
Ipomoea asarifolia lives symbiotically with the fungus Periglandula ipomoeae, which biosynthesizes ergoline alkaloids such as D-lysergic acid α-hyroxyethylamide as well as indole diterpene alkaloids. Periglandula ipomoeae was found on the following six organs: young leaves, mature leaves, flower buds, mature flowers, young seeds, and mature seeds.
Ipomoea asarifolia causes a tremorgenic syndrome if ingested by Capra hircus (domestic goat), but the reason for this is unknown. The effect has been attributed to tremorgenic phytotoxins or mycotoxins. In one study, dried samples of Ipomoea asarifolia were found to contain swainsonine, but the concentration was less than 0.001%.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ipomoea asarifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
