Dicotyledon | Literature for Ipomoea alba
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999; Lorence & Wagner, 2020. |
Convolvulaceae -- The Dodder, Morning Glory Family | Bibliography |
Ipomoea alba | |
Common name(s): morning glory, koali pehu, moon flower |
General Information | ||
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Distribution | Probably native to Mexico, pantropical through cultivation and naturalized in some areas.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
Habit |
Vine; stems herbaceous at least near tips, occasionally rooting near the nodes, often to 6 m or more long, smooth or with short fleshy prickles, glabrous. |
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Leaves |
Leaves petiolate; blade membranous to chartaceous, broadly ovate, 5‒18 cm long, 10‒17 cm wide, glabrous, entire to 3‒7-lobed, apex acute to acuminate, base cordate to subhastate; petiole ca. ½‒⅔ as long as blade. |
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Flowers |
Inflorescences a cyme, 1 to several-flowered, glabrous. Flowers on pedicel 7‒15 mm long; sepals fleshy, ovate to elliptic, 10‒20 mm long, glabrous, apex acute to acuminate, outer 2 with apex fleshy caudate; corolla white with greenish nectar guides, salverform, tube 9‒15 cm long, yellow-white, limb 8‒10 cm in diameter. |
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Fruit |
Fruit usually dark brown, ovoid to subglobose, 2‒3 cm long, 1‒2 cm in diameter, glabrous, apex long-apiculate. |
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Seeds |
Seeds 1‒4, dark brown to black, rarely tan, ovoid, 8‒10 mm long, glabrous. |
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Chromosomes |
2n = 30. |
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Contributor |
Nancy Khan |