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Convolvulaceae

Bejuco de puerco

Ipomoea tiliacea (Willd.) Choisy

Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Ipomoea

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Bejuco de puerco: Ipomoea tiliacea (Willd.) Choisy
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Bejuco de puerco

Synonyms

  • Convolvulus essequebensis Spreng.
  • Convolvulus fastigatus Roxb.
  • Convolvulus fastigiatus Roxb. ex Wall.
  • Convolvulus macrorhizus A.Gray ex Choisy
  • Convolvulus platanifolius Vahl
  • Convolvulus tiliaceus Willd.
  • Ipomoea fastigiata Sweet
  • Ipomoea fastigiata var. pauciflora Meisn.
  • Ipomoea hirsuticaulis C.H.Wright
  • Ipomoea platanifolia (Vahl) Roem. & Schult.
  • Ipomoea stenocolpa Garcke
  • Ipomoea surinamensis Miq.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Vine
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.