Ipomoea pileataRoxb.

WFO wfo-0001297766 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Ipomoea pileata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. a Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / 2016-01-30 / obs. 92949245
Ipomoea pileata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. b Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92949253
Ipomoea pileata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. c Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92949264
Ipomoea pileata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. d Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92949213
Ipomoea pileata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. e Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92949225
Ipomoea pileata, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. f Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92949234

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Native range 37 botanical countries

Regions where Ipomoea pileata is native: Angola, Botswana, Burkina, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, DR Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam AngolaBotswanaBurkinaCentral African RepublicChadDR CongoGambiaKenyaMadagascarMalawiMozambiqueNamibiaNigeriaNorthern ProvincesSenegalSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoZambiaZimbabweChina South-CentralChina SoutheastHainanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaIndiaJawaLaosMalayaMyanmarPhilippinesSri LankaThailandVietnam Comoros
Native distribution of Ipomoea pileata, 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
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad CHA
Comoros COM
DR Congo ZAI
Gambia GAM
Kenya KEN
Madagascar MDG
Malawi MLW
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Senegal SEN
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Hainan CHH

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.

Also published as 3 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.

  • Convolvulus guinensis D.Dietr.
  • Convolvulus pileatus (Roxb.) Spreng.
  • Ipomoea pileata subsp. uniflora Ugbor. & K.O.Ogunwenmo

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.

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