Family | Convolvulaceae |
Tribe | Ipomoeeae |
Scientific name | Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet |
Synonyms | Batatas cavanillesii (Roemer & Schultes) G. Don; Batatas pulchella (Roth ex Roemer & Schultes) Bojer; Batatas senegalensis G. Don; Convolvulus bellus Sprengel; Convolvulus cairicus L.; Convolvulus cavanillesii (Roemer & Schultes) Sprengel; Convolvulus heptaphyllus Rottler & Willdenow; Convolvulus limphaticus Vellozo; Convolvulus quinquelobus Vahl; Convolvulus tuberculatus Desrousseaux; Ipomoea bouvettii Duchassaing & Walpers; Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet var. hederacea Hallier f.; Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet var. lineariloba (Hillebrand) O. Degener & Ooststroom; Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet var. uniflora (Meisner) Hoehne; Ipomoea cavanillesii Roemer & Schultes; Ipomoea funaria Larrañaga; Ipomoea heptaphylla Voigt; Ipomoea palmata Forsskål; Ipomoea pentaphylla Cavanilles; Ipomoea pulchella Roth ex Roemer & Schultes; Ipomoea quinqueloba (Vahl) Roemer & Schultes; Ipomoea rosea Choisy var. pluripartita Hassler; Ipomoea senegalensis Lamarck; Ipomoea stipulacea Jacquin; Ipomoea stipulacea Jacquin forma pluriflora Meisner; Ipomoea stipulacea Jacquin forma uniflora Meisner; Ipomoea tuberculata (Desrousseaux) Roemer & Schultes; Ipomoea tuberculata (Desrousseaux) Roemer & Schultes var. abbreviata Choisy; Ipomoea tuberculata (Desrousseaux) Roemer & Schultes var. lineariloba Hillebrand; Ipomoea vesiculosa Palisot de Beauvois |
Common name | (Japanese common name) momiji hirugao (モミジヒルガオ, 紅葉昼顔 [meaning: maple leaf noon face]), taiwan asagao (タイワンアサガオ, 台湾朝顔 [meaning: Taiwan morning face]) |
(English common name) Cairo morning-glory, mile a minute vine, railroad-creeper | |
Distribution | (Japan) Okinawa |
(Other nations) [native] tropical Asia, Africa | |
Habitat | Roadside, forest edge |
Chromosomal number | n=15; 2n=30 |
Description | Leaves 7-10cm long. Flowers purple 6-8cm, flowering in all seasons. Vine. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet |
Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet | |
Ipomoea cairica (Linnaeus) Sweet | |
Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet | |
Recombinant pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductase, recombinant dirigent protein, and methods of use (US Patent 6210942/2001) | |
Nucleotide sequences encoding pinoresinol/lariciresinol reductase proteins and their methods of use (US Patent 6635459/2003) | |
Recombinant secoisolariciresinol dehydrogenase, and methods of use (WIPO Patent WO/1999/055846) |
July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |
July 2008 at Okinawa |