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Taxon:
Ipomoea aquatica
Forssk.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Ipomoea
Subgenus:
Eriospermum
Section:
Erpipomoea
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Ipomoeeae
Nomen number:
20138
Place of publication:
Fl. aegypt.-arab. 44. 1775
Verified:
09/02/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ipomoea reptans
Poir.
No images
Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman.
1996. A synopsis of
Ipomoea
(Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Austin, D. F.
2007. Water spinach (
Ipomoea aquatica
, Convolvulaceae): a food gone wild. Ethnobot. Res. Applic. 5:123-146.
URL:
http://www.ethnobotanyjournal.org/
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Beetle, A. A.
1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
Berhaut, J.
1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
Bhandari, M. M.
1978. Flora of the Indian desert.
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Campbell, F. T., ed.
1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants.
Florida state list aquatic & wetland noxious weeds - from Department of Environmental Protection (on-line resource).
URL:
http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/prohib.html
Cufodontis, G.
1953-1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Ipomoea+aquatica&quantity=1
Fosberg, F. R. et al.
1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 4:1860.
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Hara, H.
1966-1975. Flora of eastern Himalaya
Note:
v. 1:1966, v. 2:1971, v. 3:1975
Hnatiuk, R. J.
1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski.
1992. Les genres
Merremia
et
Ipomoea
(Convolvulaceae) dans la flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 37:110.
Li, H. L. et al., eds.
1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Matthew, K. M.
1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Merxmüller, H., ed.
1966-1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Plant Protection and Quarantine Office.
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Federal noxious weed list (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/permits/noxiousweed_list.html
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Ross, J.
1972. The flora of Natal.
Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson.
1976. Flora of Hassan district.
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:181-184.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds.
1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Staples, G. W.
1996. pers. comm.
Note:
re. English common names
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Steward, A. N.
1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
USDA National Agricultural Library.
National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/waterspinach.shtml
Walker, E.
1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Westphal, E. & P. C. M. Jansen, eds.
1989. A selection. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) A:164.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Yunnan Inst. Bot. & Kunming Inst. Bot. Acad. Sci., eds.
1977-. Flora yunnanica.
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
Chinese water-spinach –
Reference(s)
swamp morning-glory –
Reference(s)
water-convolvulus –
Reference(s)
water-spinach –
Reference(s)
French
liseron d'eau –
Reference(s)
patate aquatique –
Reference(s)
German
Sumpfkohl –
Reference(s)
Wasserspinat –
Reference(s)
Indonesian
kangkong –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
yō-sai –
Reference(s)
Malay
kangkung –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
cancon –
Reference(s)
Spanish
espinaca acuática –
Reference(s)
Swedish
sallatsipomea –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
weng cai –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Thai
phak bung –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
incl. Pemba, Zanzibar
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Chad
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Gambia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mali
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Mauritania
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Burundi
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Central African Republic
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Congo
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Bangladesh
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Laos
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Northern Territory
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Western Australia
2
Cultivated
widely cult. in tropics
4
Naturalized
Northern America
United States
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Micronesia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Dominican Republic
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Haiti
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Costa Rica
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Nicaragua
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Panama
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Suriname
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia
,
Sudan
,
Somalia
,
Chad
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
(incl. Pemba, Zanzibar),
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi
,
Central African Republic
,
Cameroon
,
Congo
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Gambia
,
Mali
,
Mauritania
,
Nigeria
,
Senegal
,
Sierra Leone
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Namibia
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh
,
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Cultivated
(widely cult. in tropics)
Naturalized
Northern America
REGION:
United States
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Dominican Republic
,
Haiti
,
Jamaica
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica
,
Nicaragua
,
Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana
,
Suriname
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:181-184.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Animal food
fodder
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Human food
vegetable
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Human food
vegetable
widely traded in SE Asia
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Medicines
folklore
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Weed
potential seed contaminant
Campbell, F. T., ed.
1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils (unpublished draft)
Name
References