Ipomoea mauritianaJacq.

WFO wfo-0001298779 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ipomoea mauritiana, photographed by 葉子
fig. a 葉子, CC0 1.0 / 2021-10-14 / obs. 173825874
Ipomoea mauritiana, photographed by Agnes Trekker
fig. b Agnes Trekker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 159756767
Ipomoea mauritiana, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 147249151
Ipomoea mauritiana, photographed by S.MORE
fig. d S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 57492911
Ipomoea mauritiana, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. e Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 122320878
Ipomoea mauritiana, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. f Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 120165236
Ipomoea mauritiana, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. g Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 119473810
Ipomoea mauritiana, photographed by Richard Fuller
fig. h Richard Fuller, CC0 1.0 / obs. 112003603

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Native range 60 botanical countries

Regions where Ipomoea mauritiana is native: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Réunion, Rodrigues, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Venezuela AngolaBeninBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadCongoDR CongoEquatorial GuineaGabonGambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLiberiaMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabweBelizeBoliviaBrazil NorthBrazil NortheastBrazil SoutheastBrazil West-CentralColombiaCosta RicaDominican RepublicEcuadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruPuerto RicoSurinameVenezuela Cape VerdeComorosMauritiusRéunionRodrigues
Native distribution of Ipomoea mauritiana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Cape Verde CVI
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Comoros COM
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Equatorial Guinea EQG
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mauritius MAU
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Réunion REU
Rodrigues ROD
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Belize BLZ SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil North BZN
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil Southeast BZL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Venezuela VEN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Where it actually grows measured, from 167 observations

Condition 5th percentile Median 95th percentile
Coldest month, mean daily low 13.7 °C 19.7 °C 24.2 °C
Warmest month, mean daily high 25.7 °C 29.2 °C 33.2 °C
Annual rainfall 1,003 mm 2,124 mm 3,629 mm
Rainfall in the driest quarter 9 mm 120 mm 509 mm

It is not found anywhere that gets close to freezing. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 167 research-grade observations of Ipomoea mauritiana that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.

This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.

Also published as 27 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Apopleumon bignonioides (Sims) Raf.
  • Batatas bignonioides (Sims) G.Don
  • Batatas edulis var. platanifolia Choisy
  • Batatas insignis (Andrews) G.Don
  • Batatas loureiroi G.Don
  • Batatas paniculata (L.) Choisy
  • Convolvulus bignonioides (Sims) Spreng.
  • Convolvulus insignis (Andrews) Spreng.
  • Convolvulus paniculatus L.
  • Convolvulus roseus Kunth
  • Ipomoea baalan Montrouz.
  • Ipomoea bignonioides Sims
  • Ipomoea camerunensis Taub.
  • Ipomoea digitata var. quinquefida Meisn.
  • Ipomoea ennealoba P.Beauv.
  • Ipomoea eriosperma P.Beauv.
  • Ipomoea gossypiifolia Willd.
  • Ipomoea insignis Andrews
  • Ipomoea loureiroi J.Presl
  • Ipomoea paniculata var. heterophylla Kuntze
  • Ipomoea paniculatus (L.) R.Br.
  • Ipomoea pentaloba Roem. & Schult.
  • Ipomoea quinqueloba Roem. & Schult.
  • Ipomoea salaziana Cordem.

and 3 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.