Tiger Foot Morning Glory is a species of Ipomoea and family Convolvulaceae. It is also known as tiger's footprint (tiger's paw). The species is distributed in Asia, Africa, Australia and other islands in the Pacific. It grows in roadsides and sea coasts which sea level is between 0 and 400 m.

Tiger Foot Morning Glory is a twining, herbaceous, hairy, annual vine, all parts being more or less covered with rather long, spreading, pale, or brownish hairs. The leaves are somewhat rounded in outline, 6-10 cm in diameter, palmately 5- to 9-lobed, heart-shaped at the base and somewhat hairy on both surfaces. The lobes of the blade are elliptic, with narrowed base and rounded sinuses. The 5-lobed leaf resembles tiger's paw, which inspired its common name, as well as the botanical species name pes-tigridis. The flowers occur in axillary head, usually only one opening at a time. The sepal tube is green and about 1 cm long. The flowers are white and 4 cm long, the limb being 3 cm in diameters. Flowers open after 4 pm, and fade next morning. The fruit is rounded and 6-7 mm in diameter. Flowering: September-November.

The mashed leaves are applied as a poultice on sores, boils, pimples, and tumors. The leaf powder is smoked to get relief from bronchial spasm. The entire plant is crushed and the juice extracted and take orally for treatment of or prevention of rabies if bitten by a rabid dog. A decoction of the root is considered purgative and is also administered as a treatment for haemoptysis. The seed is taken as a remedy for dropsy.