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Taxon:  Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet



Summary
Genus:
Ipomoea
Subgenus:
Quamoclit
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Ipomoeeae
Nomen number:
20148
Place of publication:
Hort. brit. ed. 1:287. 1826
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
04/15/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Convolvulus cairicus L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Convolvulus heptaphyllus Rottler & Willd.
Ipomoea heptaphylla Voigt
Ipomoea palmata Forssk.
Ipomoea pulchella Roth
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
Cairo morning-glory –
coastal morning-glory –
five-leaf morning-glory –
mile-a-minute –
mile-a-minute-vine –
railroad-creeper –
railway-creeper –
Arabic
sitt el-hosn –
Japanese Rōmaji
momiji-hirugao –
Transcribed Chinese
wu zhao jin long –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaCabo Verde  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanRyukyu Islands 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMalta  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificSolomon Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
6Other    exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya
  • MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen
  • CHINA: China [Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Ryukyu Islands], Taiwan
  • WESTERN ASIA: ******, Jordan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Malta
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Louisiana]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Oaxaca]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Tonga
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Jamaica
  • MESOAMERICA: Honduras
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Other (exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
folklore (fide F ChinaEng; D. F. Austin, pers. comm. 1996) –
Weed
(fide Atlas WWeed; Invasive Pl Spec) –


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