International Science Community Association Research Journal of Recent Sciences 2277-2502 6 12 2017 12 2 Medicinal plants of genus Ipomoea found in Uttar-Pradesh, India 12 22 EN Mwafulirwa Samuel 1 Ministry of Agriculture, Chitedze Agricultural Research Station box 158 Lilongwe, Malawi Obiero George 2 Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Nairobi P.O BOX 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Mpeketula Placid 3 University of Malawi, chancellor college box 208 Zomba, Malawi Aboge Gabriel 4 CAVS University of Nairobi P.O BOX 30197-00100, Nairobi, Kenya Mawrie Balawan Joshua 1 Department of Environmental Studies, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022., Meghalaya, India Paul Dipyendu 2 Department of Environmental Studies, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022., Meghalaya, India Srivastava Deepa 1 Department of Botany, D.D.U Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, UP, India > Review Paper 2017 8 14 2017 12 2 About 600-700 species of Ipomoea, Convolvulaceae, are found throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Several of them have been used as ornamental plants, food, medicines or in religious ritual. These species are used for the treatment of several diseases, such as, fatigue, inflammations, hypertension, diabetes, dysentery, constipation, rheumatism, arthritis, rheumatism, meningitis, and hydrocephaly. Some of these species showed antimicrobial, anticoagulant, analgesic, hypoglycemic and anticancer activities. The present study deals with genus Ipomoea of family Convolvulaceae from various division of Uttar Pradesh. A total 22 species of the genus have been collected from various district of Uttar Pradesh on the basis of collection made from May 2014 till June 2017. The present paper illustrates the synonyms, common name, Taxonomic description, medicinal properties and active ingredients of the Ipomoea species present in this state. Copyright@ International Science Community Association