Convolvulaceae
Tropical white morning-glory
Ipomoea alba
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Ipomoea
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- أثمان أبيض
- arz
- اثمان ابيض
- Azerbaijani
- Ağ ipomeya
- Chinese
- 天茄兒, 月光花, 夜花薯藤, 嫦娥奔月, 月光花种子, 裂叶月光花, 夕顔, 夜顏
- Dutch
- Maanbloem
- English
- Tropical white morning-glory, Moonflower or moon vine, Moonflower
- Esperanto
- Blanka ipomeo
- Estonian
- Kuu-lehtertapp
- hsb
- Běła wijawka
- Indonesian
- Terulak
- Japanese
- ヨルガオ, ベル・トゥジュール, 夕顔, 夜顔
- Kannada
- ಚಂದ್ರಪುಷ್ಪ
- Malayalam
- ഇപോമോയ ആൽബ
- Persian
- نیلوفر سفید
- Spanish
- Quiebra-cajete
- Swedish
- Månvinda
- Thai
- ชมจันทร์, ดอกชมจันทร์, ดอกพระจันทร์
- Vietnamese
- Bìm trắng, Bìm trắng hay tịch nhan, Dạ nhan, Tịch nhan, Bìm đại
Synonyms
- Bonanox indica Raf.
- Bonanox riparia Raf.
- Calonyction aculeatum (L.) House
- Calonyction aculeatum f. apopetalum Allard
- Calonyction aculeatum var. lobatum (Hallier f.) C.Y.Wu
- Calonyction album (L.) House
- Calonyction bona-nox (Spreng.) Bojer
- Calonyction bona-nox var. lobatum Hallier f.
- Calonyction macrantholeucum Colla
- Calonyction megalocarpum A.Rich.
- Calonyction noctolucum G.Don
- Calonyction pulcherrimum Parodi
- Calonyction rheedi Colla
- Calonyction roxburghii G.Don
- Calonyction speciosum Choisy
- Chonemorpha convolvuloides G.Don
- Convolvulus aculeatus L.
- Convolvulus aculeatus var. bona-nox (L.) Kuntze
- Convolvulus bona-nox Spreng.
- Convolvulus duartinus Mure
- Convolvulus latiflorus Desr.
- Convolvulus macrosolen Spreng.
- Convolvulus maximus L.f.
- Convolvulus pulcherrimus Vell.
- Euryloma grandiflora Raf.
- Euryloma latiflora (Desr.) Raf.
- Ipomoea aculeata f. bonanox (L.) Voss
- Ipomoea aculeata var. bona-nox (Spreng.) Kuntze
- Ipomoea aculeata var. heterophylla Kuntze
- Ipomoea ambigua Endl.
- Ipomoea bona-nox L.
- Ipomoea carinata Endl.
- Ipomoea grandiflora Lam.
- Ipomoea krusensternii Ledeb.
- Ipomoea latiflora (Desr.) Roem. & Schult.
- Ipomoea longiflora Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Ipomoea maxima (L.f.) Sweet
- Ipomoea noctiflora Griff.
- Ipomoea noctiluca Herb.
- Ipomoea roxburghii Steud.
and 4 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 652 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Steven Bodzin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: lcsvoj, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: snail_hiker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Benjamin Graves from Sasebo, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jebulon, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: ritirene, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.