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Ipomoea quamoclit
Ipomoea quamoclit
- Botanic Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Author
- Linnaeus
- Propagation
- S.
- Cultivated
- C, ornamental with cultivars
- Hardiness Zone
- Min7C
- Conservation Status
- Least concern
- Offspring
- Ipomoea quamoclit 'Platycodon Flowered Red Picotee', Ipomoea quamoclit 'Relli-Valley Strain', Ipomoea quamoclit 'White', Ipomoea × multifida
Common Names
- Cypress Vine
- Indian Pink
- Star Glory
- Cardinal Climber
- Chotaki Gurubans (Tharu)
- Fin de Amor
- Taru-lata (India)
- Star Morning-glory
- Sweet-willy
- Regadero
- Myet-lay-ne (Myanmar)
- Red Jasmine
- Tóc tiên (Vietnam)
- Cay deuong leo
- Kam pen fung
- Regadero (Dutch Antilles)
- Sweet Willy (Dutch Antilles)
- Cheveux de Vénus (Guadeloupe
- Martinique)
- Liane Rouge (Guadeloupe)
- Herbe à éternuer (Guadeloupe)
- Goutte de Sang (Guadelpoupe)
- Lin (Martinique)
- Sweet William (St Vincent
- Barbados)
- Cambustera
- Cundeamor (Costa Rica)
Geographical Habitats
- Belize
- Costa Rica
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
Natural Habitats
- Disturbed areas
- scrubland
- rainforest
- riverside
- thickets
- coastal
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Annual or perennial glabrous slender herbaceous twining or trailing vine with pinnately dissected mucronate leaves 8-10 pairs, leaves to 100mm x 60mm, puberulous or glabrous. 30mm long red or white(rare) long tubular flowers axillary solitary or in cymes with minute bracts, mucronulate sepals outer ones to 4.5mm inner ones to 6mm long, glabrous scarlet, or sometimes white, corolla with tube 35mm long & limb 20mm diameter with 5 lobes to 20mm across. Glabrous 4-valved light brown fruit capsule to 10mm long surrounded by persistent calyx at base.
Invasive, naturalized
Various medicinal uses
Further References
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Herklots 1976
- van der Spuy 1976
- Beckett 1990
- Huxley 1992
- Nicholls 1995
- P & R 1997
- Manandhar 2002
- Mobot
- RHS A-Z
- NYBG
- Llamas 2003
- JDH
- FL
- The Plant List 2
- G. Don
- FA
- VOPR
- F Indochine
- FOTA
- Flora Malesiana
- JAA
- FOL
- Kew
- SAFIO
- Standley
- KB