Author: |
Robert Sweet, 1826 |
Family: |
CONVOLVULACEAE |
Origin: |
Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, China,
Congo, Eswatini, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea
Island, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Nigeria, Ogasawara-shoto, Oman,
Palestine, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South China Sea, Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam,
West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe (Australia,
Southern US) |
Soil: |
Rich |
Water:
|
Medium - Maximum |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
5
Centimetres |
Height: |
2-4 Meters |
Flower:
|
Lavender |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
Cairo
Morning-glory, Railroad-Creeper |
Synonyms: |
Convolvulus cairicus, Carl Linnaeus, 1759.
Ipomoea
palmata Forssk. 1775.
Ipomoea senegalensi Lam.
1791.
Ipomoea pentaphylla Cav. 1794.
Convolvulus tuberculatus Desr. 1792.
Ipomoea stipulacea Jacq. 1797.
Ipomoea cavanillesii
Roem. & Schult, 1819.
Convolvulus limphaticus Vell.
1825.
Batatas senegalensis G. Don, 1837.
Batatas cavanillesii,G. Don, 1838.
Ipomoea tuberculata
Roem. & Schult. 1819.
Ipomoea vesiculosa P. Beauv.
1819.
Ipomoea funaria Larrañaga, 1923.
Exocroa egyptiaca, Raf. 1838. |
This member of the Convolvulaceae family was given this name by
Robert Sweet in 1826. It is found all the way from the tropical
Africa
throughout Asia, and have furthermore been spread in Australia,
southern North America and other warm places. It preferring a rich but
well drained soil with some to much water and some sun. The caudex
can grow to five centimetres in diameter, and rather long. The vines
can reach two to five meters. The large flowers are lavender.
The
generic name Ipomoea is derived from the Greek ἴψ, ἰπός;
íps, ipós,
meaning 'woodworm', and ὅμοιος; hómoios,
meaning 'resembling'. It referring to their twining habit. The species name means 'from Cairo'. |