EPPO Global Database

Ipomoea alba(CLYAC)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CLYAC
  • Preferred name: Ipomoea alba
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

USA (Florida), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean (Cuba and Jamaica to Puerto Rico), South America (except Chile, southern Argentina). Cultivated as an ornamental climber. Introduced in Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina (except Cambodia), Malesia (Malaya, Philippines, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi),  China, Korea, subsaharan Africa, Madagascar, USA, New Guinea, Australia

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Calonyction aculeatum (Linnaeus) House
Calonyction album (Linnaeus) House
Calonyction bona-nox (Linnaeus) Bojer
Calonyction speciosum Choisy
Convolvulus aculeatus Linnaeus
Ipomoea bona-nox Linnaeus
Ipomoea noctiflora Griffith

Common names
Name Language
moonflower English (AU)
white-flowered morning glory English
Gute-Nachtblume German
stachelige Mondwinde German
bejuco de color blanco Spanish
bejuco de vaca Spanish
corneta Spanish (BO)
flor de la luna Spanish
gloria de la mañana Spanish
fior di notte Italian
ipomea spinosa Italian
dama-da-noite Portuguese (BR)
yakaisô Japanese
yorugao Japanese
yûgao Japanese
ヤカイソウ Japanese
ユウガオ Japanese
ヨルガオ Japanese
ипомея белая Russian
лунный цветок Russian
луноцвет мелкошиповатый Russian
yuè guāng huā Chinese
月光花 Chinese
밤메꽃 Korean
bam me kkocc Korean