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Medicinal

The seed contains small quantities of the hallucinogen LSD which has been used medicinally in the treatment of mental health problems.
Plants for a Future (2014) (http://www.pfaf.org/)

Toxicity

All species except Ipomoea purpurea produce Ergot alkaloids in their seeds by a fungal symbiont.
Wink, Michael & Ben-Erik van Wyk (2008). Mind-Altering and Poisonous Plants of the World. Timber Press

Toxic. High risk of containing ergot alkaloids.
Professor Anthony Dayan, 2022

Geographical distribution

  • Africa
  • Asia-Tropical
  • Australasia
  • Pacific
  • Southern America

Ipomoea tricolor Cav. 'Heavenly Blue'

Family: CONVOLVULACEAE
Genus: Ipomoea
Species: tricolor Cav.
Cultivar: 'Heavenly Blue'
Common names: Morning Glory 'Heavenly Blue'
Distribution summary: Pantropic
Habit: Annual
Hardiness: H1c - Heated greenhouse; warm temperate
Habitat: Scrub and waste land
Garden status: Not currently grown
Flowering months: July, August, September, October
Reason for growing: Medicinal, other use, toxic


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