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Ipomoea (lat. Ipomoea) - a numerous genus of flowering and fruiting plants, numbering in its ranks more than four hundred species. Such an abundance of species allows you to have a genus of a variety of plants in shape: herbaceous, shrubs, vines, small trees, which in turn can be perennial or annual. Vines or climbing shrubs are used as ornamental plants; and among the species of Ipomoea, there are plants that are readily eaten by animals and are important food products for people.
What's in your name
The plants owe their genus to their habit of curling around the support. The word "Ipomoea" is based on two Greek words that sound in Russian as "worm" and "reminiscent". So the shoots of Ipomoea wriggle, reminding botanists of a flexible worm.
As often happens, the name of a genus of plants was not satisfied with one official Latin name, and therefore many others can be found in literature and in life. First of all, this is the earlier name of the genus - "Farbitis".
Human use of Ipomoea
* For thousands of years, people have used some species of plants of the genus Ipomoea for their food. In the first place in this row is "Ipomoea batatas", "Ipomoea sweet potato", or simply "Batat".
Creeping stalks The sweet potato takes root in the soil, forming lateral roots that gradually develop into nutritious edible tubers called sweet potatoes or sweet potatoes. Blooming varieties of Batata show the world flowers that sit in the axils of the leaves and are painted in pink, white or pale lilac.
In the countries of East Asia and the warm regions of the two Americas, Ipomoea aquatica, Ipomoea aquatic or Aquatic spinach are popular. The greens are a key ingredient in famous Asian dishes, including Mekong Sour Soup.
On a smaller scale, other types of plants are used for nutrition, for example, "Australian Bush Potatoes", "White Star Potatoes" - the traditional food of American Aborigines.
* Large ornamental leaves, funnel-shaped delicate flowers and climbing ability of Ipomoea have made the plant popular among gardeners.
* Used Morning glory, containing psychoactive and medicinal substances, in folk medicine and herbal medicine. For example, the ancient Ayurvedic tonic, one of which is "Ipomoea mauritiana" (giant potato), is considered the "elixir of life."
Some types of decorative Ipomoea
* Ipomoea lobed (lat. Ipomoea lobata) - surprisingly hardy and beautiful perennial, climbing up to three meters in height. Funnel-shaped flowers, the purple color of which turns to yellow and then to white.
* Morning glory bright red (Latin Ipomoea coccinea) is an annual plant with bright red flowers.
* Ipomoea purple (lat. Ipomoea purpurea) - most often found in our gardens Ipomoea with heart-shaped pointed leaves and purple-purple flowers. Grown as an annual. Flowers close during the day.
* Ipomoea palmate (lat. Ipomoea palmate or Ipomoea cairica) is an unpretentious perennial, characterized by five-lobed wide leaves.
* Ipomoea tricolor (lat. Ipomoea tricolor) - a sad plant with an amazing color of flowers that live in the world for only one morning. True, the departed flower is replaced by new ones, flaunting multicolored outfits.
Growing
The child of the tropics, Ipomoea, prefers places well-lit by the sun's rays, closed from drafts and wind.
For active growth in height and abundant flowering, the soil requires organic-rich, light, loose, moist, but not soggy. Abundant regular watering should not provoke stagnation of water, threatening fungal diseases.
Ipomoea is propagated by seeds, trying to determine annual varieties immediately in open ground, and perennial ones - through spring sowing of seeds for seedlings.
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