Taxon: Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr.

Summary

Genus:

Ipomoea

Subgenus:

Ipomoea

Section:

Pharbitis

Series:

Heterophyllae

Family:

Convolvulaceae

Tribe:

Ipomoeeae

Nomen number:

311586

Place of publication:

Interpr. Herb. amboin. 445. 1917

Verified:

03/09/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

7 (3 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Convolvulus indicus Burm.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Convolvulus acuminatus Vahl
Ipomoea acuminata (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
Ipomoea cathartica Poir.
Ipomoea congesta R. Br.
Ipomoea learii Paxton
Pharbitis cathartica (Poir.) Choisy

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
Austin, D. F. 1986. Nomenclature of the Ipomoea nil complex (Convolvulaceae). Taxon 35:357.
Babu, C. R. 1977. Herbaceous flora of Dehra Dun.
Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
Bhandari, M. M. 1978. Flora of the Indian desert.
CalFlora Database Project. CalFlora: a botanical resource for California on the internet (on-line resource).
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1481.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
Fosberg, F. R. et al. 1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
Fosberg, F. R. 1966. Critical notes on Pacific island plants part 1. Micronesica 2:151.
Fosberg, F. R. 1976. Ipomoea indica taxonomy: a tangle of morning-glories. Bot. Not. 129:35-38.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Kress, W. J. et al., eds. Revised checklist of the plants of Myanmar (Burma) (on-line resource).
Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski. 1992. Les genres Merremia et Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) dans la flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 37:58.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
Meeuse, A. D. J. & W. G. Welman. 1996. Convolvulaceae. New records, name changes and a new combination in southern Africa. Bothalia 26:48.
Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
NatureServe. 2009-. NatureServe Explorer: an online encyclopedia of life (on-line resource)
Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	blue dawnflower	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	blue morning-glory	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	common morning-glory	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	morning-glory	1	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
English	ocean-blue morning-glory	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	perennial morning-glory	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	purple morning-glory	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	purple-flower bellvine	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	purple-flower morning-glory	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	tall morning-glory	1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Afrikaans	purperwinde	2	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
German	indische Prunkwinde	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1481.
Japanese Rōmaji	no-asagao	2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Swedish	gryningsvinda	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	bian se qian niu	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Honshu		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Kyushu	s.	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Ryukyu Islands		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan	Shikoku		Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
1	Native	Pacific	North-Central Pacific	United States	Hawaii		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
1	Native	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	Micronesia			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
1	Native	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	United States	Guam		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
1	Native	Pacific	Northwestern Pacific	United States	Northern Mariana Islands		Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
1	Native	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	French Polynesia			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Fiji			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
1	Native	Pacific	Southwestern Pacific	Tonga			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
2	Cultivated					also cult.
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya			Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania			Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Macaronesia	Portugal	Azores		Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Malawi			Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zambia			Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe			Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini			Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa			Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Guangdong Sheng		Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Taiwan			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia			Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia			Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
4	Naturalized	Australasia	New Zealand	New Zealand			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy	Sicilia		Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Malta			Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France			Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Portugal			Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
4	Naturalized	Northern America		Mexico			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		NatureServe. 2009-. NatureServe Explorer: an online encyclopedia of life (on-line resource)
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida		NatureServe. 2009-. NatureServe Explorer: an online encyclopedia of life (on-line resource)
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana		NatureServe. 2009-. NatureServe Explorer: an online encyclopedia of life (on-line resource)
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California		CalFlora Database Project. CalFlora: a botanical resource for California on the internet (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Pacific	South-Central Pacific	Cook Islands			Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil			Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico		Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Belize			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Central America			Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina			Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Chile			Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay			Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Uruguay			Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia			Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia			Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Western South America	Peru			Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.

Native
Asia-Temperate

EASTERN ASIA: Japan [Honshu, Kyushu (s.), Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku]

Pacific

NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, Tonga

Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa

MACARONESIA: Portugal [Azores]
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Eswatini, South Africa

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Guangdong Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan

Asia-Tropical

MALESIA: Indonesia

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy [Sicilia], Malta
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Portugal

Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida, Louisiana]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
REGION: Mexico

Pacific

SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, United States [Puerto Rico]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Central America, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay

Reference(s)

Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
CalFlora Database Project. CalFlora: a botanical resource for California on the internet (on-line resource).
Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
NatureServe. 2009-. NatureServe Explorer: an online encyclopedia of life (on-line resource)
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Environmental	ornamental		Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental	ornamental	as Ipomoea acuminata	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Weed			Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed			Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Weed			Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311586. Accessed 10 May 2026.