Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil)

Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil) is a species of plant in the Convolvulaceae family, a climber with twining stems that grow up to 5 meters long. The green, finely hairy leaves are 14 cm long, heart-shaped at the base, entire or 3-5-lobed, tapering at the edges. The flowers are funnel-shaped, blue to reddish-purple with a whitish tube, 5 cm wide and up to 7 cm long.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Subfamily: Convolvuloideae
Tribe: Ipomoeeae
Genus: Ipomoea L. in Sp. Pl.: 159 (1753)
Species: Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth in Catal. Bot. 1: 36 (1797)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Convolvuloides triloba Moench in Methodus: 452 (1794)
Convolvulus nil L. in Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 219 (1762)
Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 439 (1833 publ. 1834)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Convolvulus caeruleus (Roxb. ex Ker-Gawl.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 593 (1824)
Convolvulus coelestis G.Forst. in Fl. Ins. Austr.: 14 (1786)
Convolvulus dillenii Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 544 (1792)
Convolvulus hederaceus L. in Sp. Pl.: 154 (1753)
Convolvulus hederifolius Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 123 (1796)
Convolvulus lindleyi Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2. 1: 409 (1840)
Convolvulus peruvianus Spreng. (1824)
Convolvulus scaber Colla in Herb. Pedem. 4: 204 (1835)
Convolvulus setosus Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 1048 (1897)
Convolvulus tomentosus Vell. in Fl. Flumin.: 74 (1829)
Convolvulus variifolius Steud. (1840)
Ipomoea bicolor Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 465 (1793)
Ipomoea caerulea Roxb. ex Ker-Gawl. in Bot. Reg. 4: t. 276 (1818)
Ipomoea caerulea J.König ex Roxb. in Fl. Ind. 2: 91 (1824)
Ipomoea caerulescens Roxb. (1824)
Ipomoea cuspidata Ruiz & Pav. in Fl. Peruv. 2: 11 (1799)
Ipomoea dillenii (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 227 (1819)
Ipomoea githaginea Hochst. ex A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 65 (1850)
Ipomoea githaginea var. inaequalis Beck in P.V.Paulitschke, Harrar Leipzig, App.: 458 (1888)
Ipomoea hederacea Anon. in , non Jacq.
Ipomoea hederacea var. himalaica C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 200 (1883)
Ipomoea hederacea var. inaequalis Baker & Rendle in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 160 (1905)
Ipomoea hederacea var. integrifolia (Choisy) C.B.Clarke (1883)
Ipomoea hederacea var. limbata (Lindl.) Benth. in Fl. Austral. 4: 417 (1868)
Ipomoea hederacea var. paichou J.R.Wu in J. Guiyang Tradit. Chin. Med. Coll. 1979(1): 97 (1979)
Ipomoea limbata (Lindl.) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 710 (1894)
Ipomoea longicuspis Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 227 (1869)
Ipomoea longicuspis var. brevipes Meisn. (1869)
Ipomoea nil var. himalaica (C.B.Clarke) S.C.Johri in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5: 432 (1984)
Ipomoea nil var. inaequalis (Beck) Cufod. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 39(Suppl.): XXX (1969)
Ipomoea nil var. japonica Hallier f. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 137 (1893)
Ipomoea nil var. limbata (Lindl.) Meisn. (1869)
Ipomoea nil var. setosa Boerl. in Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 511 (1899)
Ipomoea scabra J.F.Gmel. in Syst. Nat.: 345 (1791)
Ipomoea scabra Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 44 (1775)
Ipomoea setosa Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 714 (1826)
Ipomoea speciosa (Choisy) Voss (1894)
Ipomoea trichocalyx Steud. (1840)
Ipomoea vaniotiana H.Lév. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 453 (1911)
Pharbitis albomarginata Lindl. ex Meisn. (1869)
Pharbitis albomarginata Lindl. ex Hook.f. in Bot. Mag. 94: t. 5720 (1868)
Pharbitis caerulea (Roxb. ex Ker-Gawl.) G.Don ex Sweet in Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 482 (1839)
Pharbitis caerulescens (Roxb.) Sweet (1839)
Pharbitis cuspidata (Ruiz & Pav.) G.Don in Gen. Hist. 4: 263 (1837)
Pharbitis dillenii (Desr.) G.Don (1837)
Pharbitis forskoelii G.Don (1837)
Pharbitis limbata Lindl. in J. Hort. Soc. London 5: 33 (1850)
Pharbitis nil var. abbreviata Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 343 (1845)
Pharbitis nil var. integrifolia Choisy (1845)
Pharbitis nil var. japonica (Hallier f.) H.Hara in Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 1: 167 (1949)
Pharbitis nil var. limbata (Lindl.) Hook. in Bot. Mag. 94: t. 5720 (1868)
Pharbitis nil var. paichou (J.R.Wu) J.R.Wu in Fl. Guizhouensis 6: 348 (1989)
Pharbitis purshii G.Don (1837)
Pharbitis scabra (Colla) G.Don (1837)
Pharbitis speciosa Choisy (1845)

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VERNACULAR NAME

Afrikaans: Japanse purperwinde
Bengali: কালাদনা Kaladona
Chinese (simplified): 喇叭花 - 牵牛
Chinese (traditional): 牽牛 - 牽牛花
Dutch: Japanse pronkwinde
English: Japanese morning glory, Annua morning glory, Ivy Morning Glory
Finnish: Keisarinelämänlanka
German: Blaue Prunkwinde
Hindi: कालादान - झारमारिक - मिर्ची Kaladan, Jharmarik, Mirchi
Indonesia: Sripagi jepang, Sripagi ivi, Kaladana
Japan 朝顔 - アサガオ - コアサガオ
Java: Kaladana, Teleng corong
Kannada: Gouri beeja
Korean: 나팔꽃
Lithuanian: Blakstienotasis sukutis
Malayalam: Thaliyari
Nepali: कलादाना Kalādānā
Norway: Lodnepraktvindel
Oria: Khami khondo
Polish: Wilec japoński
Portuguese: Corda-de-viola, Amarra-amarra, Café-de-rama, Corriola, Jetirana
Russian: Ипомея
Sanskrit: Krusnabhijah
Sinhala: කක්කට්ටන් Kakkaṭṭan
Slovak: Povojník indigový
Spanish: Bejuco de vaca, Amol, Campanilla, Campanilla azul
Tamil: கக்கட்டன் Kakkattan
Telugu: Jirika kolli, Kallivittulu
Thai: ว่านผักบุ้ง

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