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imzadi Jackson, SC(Zone 8a) Oct 23, 2003

has anyone heard of ipomoea purga?? i got a few seeds in trade and cant find anything on them. the lady said they sorta look like a four o clock but a vine.

to me the seeds look like the purple moonflower seeds but smaller. she aslo said the flower is pinkish fusia color.

anything i do find on it goes to jalapa. what ever that is. any help with a flower pic or any info is greatley welcomed and appriciated.

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Badseed Hillsboro, OH(Zone 6a) Oct 23, 2003

Four o'clocks are Mirabilis jalapa. I don't know if that helps at all or not. LOL Now I'll have to look up jalapa to see what it means!

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Jenks Social Circle, GA(Zone 8a) Oct 23, 2003

It's also called Ipomoea jalapa, Morning glory relative-in the convolvulus family

A few google hits-

http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=IPPU6

http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/plant_profile.cgi?symbol=IPOMO

http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/bpc1911/ipomoea-purg.html

Ipomoeic Ip`o*m[oe]"ic, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained by the
oxidation of convolvulin (obtained from jalap, the tubers of
Ipom[oe]a purga), and identical in most of its properties
with sebacic acid.
Jalap Jal"ap, n. [F., fr. Sp. jalapa; -- so called from
Jalapa, a town in Mexico, whence it was first obtained.]
(Med.)
The tubers of the Mexican plant Ipom[oe]a purga (or
Exogonium purga), a climber much like the morning-glory.
The abstract, extract, and powder, prepared from the tubers,
are well known purgative medicines. Other species of
Ipom[oe]a yield several inferior kinds of jalap, as the I.
Orizabensis, and I. tuberosa.



I think most people refer to the tubers as Jalaps-they are on some of the noxious weed lists, so you may want to check before planting loose.



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imzadi Jackson, SC(Zone 8a) Oct 23, 2003

well the seeds are definatly morning glory seeds. nothing like four o clock seeds. i guess i will plant them and see what happens. thanks

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noxiousweed El Sobrante, CA(Zone 9b) Oct 28, 2003

I have I. Purga growing - no blooms yet. But there's still time and I'm waiting (tap, tap, tap) on a few - very patiently, as you see (tap, tap, tap) ...

=:o) Judith

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OhioBreezy Dundee, OH(Zone 5b) Oct 29, 2003

butchpoodle, where did you find your seeds, and do you have any links or info for them??
Thanks

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Roselaine North Vancouver, BC(Zone 8a) Oct 30, 2003

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=seeds+for+ipomoea+purga&sp=1&ei=UTF-8&fr=fp-top good luck, imzadi!

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