IPONI
Growth form
Creeper
Biological cycle
Annual
Habitat
Terrestrial
synonym | Batatas setosa (Ker Gawl.) Lindl. |
synonym | Calonyction campanulatum Hallier f. |
synonym | Calonyction pavonii (Choisy) Hallier f. |
synonym | Calonyction setosum (Ker Gawl.) Hallier f. |
synonym | Cleiemera hirsuta Rafin. |
synonym | Cleiemera peruviana Rafin. |
synonym | Convolvuloides triloba (Thunb.) Moench. |
synonym | Convolvulus coelestis Forst. fil. |
synonym | Convolvulus coeruleus (Roxb.) Spreng. |
synonym | Convolvulus dillenii Desr. |
synonym | Convolvulus hederaceus L. |
synonym | Convolvulus hederifolius Salisb. |
synonym | Convolvulus hirsutus Roem. ex Choisy |
synonym | Convolvulus lindleyi Steud. |
synonym | Convolvulus nil L. |
synonym | Convolvulus setosus (Ker Gawl.) Spreng. |
synonym | Convolvulus tomentosus Vell. |
synonym | Convolvulus variifolius Steud. |
synonym | Gomphipus setosus (Ker Gawl.) Raf. |
synonym | Ipomoea avicularis Raf. |
synonym | Ipomoea azurea Hort. |
synonym | Ipomoea barbata Roth |
synonym | Ipomoea bicolor Lam. |
synonym | Ipomoea caerulea Koen. |
synonym | Ipomoea caerulescens Roxb. |
synonym | Ipomoea cuspidata Ruiz & Pav. |
synonym | Ipomoea desertorum House |
synonym | Ipomoea dillenii (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. |
synonym | Ipomoea hederacea (L.) Jacq. |
synonym | Ipomoea hederacea var. integriuscula A. Gray |
synonym | Ipomoea hirsutula Hort. Vindob. ex Hornem. |
synonym | Ipomoea limbata (Lindl.) Boerl. |
synonym | Ipomoea limbata (Lindl.) Voss |
synonym | Ipomoea longicuspis Meisn. |
synonym | Ipomoea longicuspis var. brevipes Meisn. |
synonym | Ipomoea melanotricha Brandegee |
synonym | Ipomoea nil var. setosa (Bl.) Boerlage |
synonym | Ipomoea nil var. setosa (Ker Gawl.) Boerl. |
synonym | Ipomoea pavonii Choisy |
synonym | Ipomoea phymatodes Spreng. |
synonym | Ipomoea punctata Pers. |
synonym | Ipomoea scabra Forssk. |
synonym | Ipomoea scabra J. F. Gmel. |
synonym | Ipomoea scabrida Roem. & Schult. |
synonym | Ipomoea setosa Bl. |
synonym | Ipomoea setosa Ker Gawl. |
synonym | Ipomoea setosa var. campanulata (Hallier f.) House |
synonym | Ipomoea setosa var. pavonii (Choisy) House |
synonym | Ipomoea speciosa (Choisy) Voss |
synonym | Ipomoea trichocalyx Steud. |
synonym | Ipomoea trichocalyx Steud. [Illegitimate] |
synonym | Ipomoea triloba Thunb. |
synonym | Ipomoea vaniotiana H. Lév. |
synonym | Ipomoea vaniotiana H.Lév. |
synonym | Ornithosperma autumnalis Raf. |
synonym | Pharbitis barbata G. Don |
synonym | Pharbitis caerulea (Roxb.) Peterm. |
synonym | Pharbitis caerulescens (Roxb.) Sweet |
synonym | Pharbitis cuspidata (Ruiz & Pav.) G. Don |
synonym | Pharbitis dillenii (Desr.) G. Don |
synonym | Pharbitis diversifolia Lindl. |
synonym | Pharbitis githaginea Hochst. |
synonym | Pharbitis hederacea (L.) Choisy |
synonym | Pharbitis limbata Lindl. |
synonym | Pharbitis mutabilis Boj. |
synonym | Pharbitis nil (L.) Benth. ex Meisn. |
synonym | Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy |
synonym | Pharbitis punctata (Pers.) G. Don |
synonym | Pharbitis purshii G. Don |
synonym | Pharbitis scabra (J. F. Gmel.) G. Don |
synonym | Pharbitis scabrida (Roem. & Schult.) G. Don |
synonym | Pharbitis speciosa Choisy |
synonym | Pharbitis triloba (Thunb.) Miq. |
Creoles and pidgins; French-based |
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Créole Maurice |
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Créole Réunion |
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Créole Seychelles |
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Malgache |
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Global description
Ipomoea nil is an herbaceous vine, can measure 3 m long, with oval leaves, usually tri-lobed. The stem is usually hairy with long hairs pointing downwards. The trumpet-shaped flower, 4 to 6 cm in diameter, is pale blue with a white center, changing in color and becoming purplish pink before fading. The fruit, globular in shape, is surrounded by the long tines of the sepals. It has seeds in the form of quarter oranges, covered with fine hairs.Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Ipomoea nil is an annual plant. It reproduces by seed.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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flower color | leaf shape | flower size | species | |||
red |
cordate entire to trilobed with tines |
L 2,5-3 cm diam 2-2,5 cm |
Ipomoea hederifolia | |||
pinnate |
L 3-3,5 cm diam 1,5-2 cm |
Ipomoea quamoclit | ||||
pink |
hastate entire |
L 4-5 cm diam 5-8 cm |
Ipomoea aquatica | |||
cordate trilobed |
L 2 cm diam 1,8-2,5 cm |
Ipomoea triloba | ||||
sagitate entire |
L 0,6-1 cm diam 1-1,5 cm |
Ipomoea eriocarpa | ||||
blue violet |
cordate entire to trilobed |
L 5-7 cm diam 7 cm |
Ipomoea indica | |||
cordate entire |
L 2,5-5 cm diam 4-6 cm |
Ipomoea purpurea | ||||
blue |
cordate trilobed |
L 5-6 cm diam 4-6 cm |
Ipomoea nil | |||
white |
sagitate entire |
L 0,6-1 cm diam 1-1,5 cm |
Ipomoea eriocarpa | |||
cordate entire |
L 1,5-2,5 cm diam 1,5-2 cm |
Ipomoea obscura | ||||
palmate |
L 2-3 cm diam 3-5 cm |
Merremia aegyptia | ||||
cordate entire to trilobed |
L 7-12 cm diam 8-10 cm |
Ipomoea alba | ||||
yellow |
cordate entire |
L 3-4 cm diam 4-6 cm |
Ipomoea ochracea | |||
cordate entire |
L 2-3 cm diam 2-3 cm |
Merremia umbellata |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Ipomoea purpurea and Ipomoea indica can be easily confused. Ipomoea purpurea is a vine not exceeding 4 m long, with generally entire leaves (unlobed), but rarely lobed, inflorescences usually containing 1 flower sometimes up to 4, the corolla of which is 4 to 5 cm long with color more often pastel (pink, blue, purple), while Ipomoea indica is a large liana that can easily reach 10 m long, has leaves of variable form often trilobed, dense inflorescences always containing several flowers and often more than 4, with corolla 5 to 7 cm long and of intense blue or violet color.
Pinnatisect leaf blade (*) | Ipomoea quamoclit | |||||
palmate lamina (*) | Merremia aegyptia | |||||
palmatisect leaf blade (*) | No supernumerary lobes at the base of the leaf | Entire leaf margin | Merremia dissecta | |||
Highly serrated leaf margin | Ipomoea coptica | |||||
Supernumerary lobes at the base of the leaf | Ipomoea cairica | |||||
lamina simple tri-lobed | Stem with latex | Ipomoea batatas | ||||
Stem without latex | stem and leaf hirsute | Ipomoea nil | ||||
stem and leaf pubescent | Ipomoea indica | |||||
stema nd leaf usually glabrous | well marked lobes | Ipomoea triloba | ||||
slightly marked lobes | Ipomoea hederifolia | |||||
Lamina simple entire | stem with latex | Hollow stem, aquatic plant | Ipomoea aquatica | |||
Solid stem, terrestrial plant | Ipomoea batatas | |||||
stem without latex | stem glabrous | Entire margin | Ipomoea alba | |||
Margin marked by 2 to 5 tines | Ipomoea hederifolia | |||||
pubescent stem | sagittate leaf blade | margin of the leaf glabrous | Ipomoea eriocarpa | |||
ovate leaf blade | margin of the leaf ciliated | Jacquemontia tamnifolia | ||||
Leaf blade cordate at the base | leaf blade pubescent | leaves small. always simple | Ipomoea purpurea | |||
leaves large often trilobed | Ipomoea indica | |||||
leaf blade usually glabrous | apiculate tip | Ipomoea obscura |
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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V-shaped |
free branches or preety much |
branches highly apart | 40 mm long | Ipomoea quamoclit | |
branches slightly apart | 40 mm long | Ipomoea aquatica | |||
20 mm long | Ipomoea obscura | ||||
branches welded at the base | 20 mm long | Ipomoea triloba | |||
bilobed | 12 mm long | Ipomoea eriocarpa | |||
25 mm long | Ipomoea nil | ||||
slightly indented | petiolate | 20 mm long | Ipomoea indica | ||
long petiolate | 25 - 30 mm long | Ipomoea hederifolia | |||
shortly petiolate | 25 - 30 mm long | Merremia aegyptia | |||
indented with basal tooth | petiolate | 15 mm long and width | Ipomoea purpurea |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Comoros: Ipomoea nil is absent.
Madagascar: I. nil is a widespread species throughout the island as ruderal plant and weed of rainfed crops in different soil types.
Mauritius: I. nil is a ruderal plant that grows on roadsides, in hedges, in gardens and can eventually become a weed of dry crops.
Mayotte: Ipomoea nil is an exotic species naturalized in all the secondarized environments, cultures, villages and waste lands.
Reunion: This vine is fairly common in Reunion.
Seychelles: Species of clearings and abandoned places. It is rarely abundant.
West Indies: Ipomoea nil grows mainly in dry lowland areas.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Origin
Ipomoea nil is native to Central and South America.
Worldwide distribution
This species is now widely distributed in all tropical regions (Africa, Asia, Oceania).
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Local harmfulness
Comoros: Ipomoea nil is absent.
Madagascar: I. nil is a fairly common weed in rainfed cultivations but often scarce. Its presence is always harmful for rainfed rice.
Mauritius: A weed found in some sugar cane fields, it has a very strong harmfulness when well established.
Reunion: I. nil is present in 23% of cultivated land. It is found particularly in the sugarcane fields of southern and Western regions of the Island. This species is generally scarce, but in some circumstances it can have a cover of 70%. The long twining stems can slow the growth of the crop and significantly impede the flow between the lines. In addition, its multiplication by seed is important. His mastery is through early recognition (seedling) in the field.
Seychelles: A weed of low harmfulness.
West Indies: Ipomoea nil is a weed species which is highly damaging to the sugarcane crop. It has a good capacity of multiplication. Its voluble stems prevent the good growth of the sugarcane and hinder cultivation operations. This species is rare or absent from other crops.
Attributions | Wiktrop |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | Wiktrop |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Herbarium pictures ReCOLNAT: https://explore.recolnat.org/search/botanique/simplequery=Ipomoea%2520nil
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Solanales |
Family | Convolvulaceae |
Genus | Ipomoea |
Species | Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth |