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Medicinal
Seed, a diuretic and laxative. Has been used to treat oedema, oliguria, ascariasis, constipation, to expel parasitic worms. The seed also contains small amounts of a hallucinogen that has been used medicinally for mental health problems.
Plants for a Future (2014) (http://www.pfaf.org/)
Toxicity
I. purpurea does not sequester ergot alkaloids in its seeds unlike the other Ipomoeas.
Wink, Michael & Ben-Erik van Wyk (2008). Mind-Altering and Poisonous Plants of the World. Timber Press p.150
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth 'Purple Haze'
Family: CONVOLVULACEAEGenus: Ipomoea
Species: purpurea (L.) Roth
Cultivar: 'Purple Haze'
Common names: Common Morning Glory 'Purple Haze'
Distribution summary: Central America
Habit: Annual
Hardiness: H3 - Half hardy; unheated greenhouse/mild winter
Habitat: Stream banks, scrub and waste or disturbed ground
Garden status: Not currently grown
Flowering months: August, September
Reason for growing: Medicinal, other use, toxic