About Moonflower
Ipomoea alba, known in English as white tropical morning glory, evening glory, moonflower or moonvine, is a species of night-blooming morning glory, native to tropical and subtropical regions of North and South America, from Argentina to northern Mexico, Arizona, Florida and the West Indies. Though formerly classified as genus Calonyction, species aculeatum, it is now properly assigned to genus Ipomoea, subgenus Quamoclit, section Calonyction.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ipomoea alba
- Genus
- Ipomoea
- Family
- CONVOLVULACEAE
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, also along sea coasts
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Naturalized in tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- दूधियाकलमी Dudhiakalmi
- Tamil
- Naganamukkorai
- Kannada
- ಚಂದ್ರಪುಷ್ಪ Chandra pushpa, ಚಂದ್ರಕಾಂತಿ Chandrakaanti, ಗುಲ್ ಚಾಂದನಿ
- Malayalam
- Munda-valli, ഇപോമോയ ആൽബ
- Marathi
- गुलचांदी Gulchandi, सकनकळी Sakanakali
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Moonflower belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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