Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq.

English: Giant potato

Mandarin: 七爪龙 (qi zhao long)

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Solanales (99)

        Family: Convolvulaceae (43)(family description)

          Genus: Ipomoea (18)

            Epithet: mauritiana Jacq. (1)

Synonym: Batatas paniculata (L.) Choisy

mauritiana => refers to ancient Mauritania

paniculata => having panicles or tufts of flowers

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: violet

Check for Ipomoea mauritiana at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [1187] Ipomoea - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
• [1407] Ipomoea mauritiana - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.