Common name
English: Cairo Morning Glory, Railroad Creeper
Mandarin: 五爪金龙 (wu zhao jin long)
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Solanales (101)
Family: Convolvulaceae (43)(family description)
Genus: Ipomoea (18)
Epithet: cairica (L.) Sweet (1)
Synonyms: Batatas cavanillesii (Roem. & Schult.) G. Don, Batatas senegalensis G. Don, Convolvulus cairicus L., Convolvulus cavanillesii (Roem. & Schult.) Spreng., Convolvulus limphaticus Vell.
cairica => from or of Cairo, Egypt
cairicus => from or of Cairo, Egypt
cavanillesii => in honor of Antonio José Cavanilles (1745–1804), Spanish cleric and botanist
limphaticus => connected to water
senegalensis => from the banks of the river Senegal in West-Africa
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: liana
Flower colour: pink, white
External links
Check for Ipomoea cairica at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [284] Ipomoea cairica - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk
- [1187] Ipomoea - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
- [1560] Ipomoea cairica - Flora of China @ efloras.org