Ipomoea alba

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Convolvulaceae Genus: Ipomoea

koali pehu, moon flower

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Vines.

Stems: Stems herbaceous at least near tip, occasionally rooting near the nodes, often up to 6 m or more long, smooth or with short fleshy prickles, glabrous.

Roots: Rootstocks sometimes large, otherwise fibrous.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades broadly ovate, 5–15 cm long. Apex acute to acuminate. Base cordate to subhastate. Surfaces glabrous; blades membranous to chartaceous. Margins entire to 3–7-lobed. Petioles ca. ½ – ⅔ as long as blades. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 1 to several in cymes, usually axillary, glabrous, pedicels 7-15 mm long; bracts scale-like to foliose. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic, 5-merous. Calyx of 5 sepals, distinct, imbricate, fleshy, herbaceous to subcoriaceous, equal or unequal, ovate to elliptic, 10–20 mm. long, glabrous, apex acute to acuminate, the outer 2 with apex fleshy-caudate, often somewhat enlarging in fruit but not markedly accrescent, persistent, occasionally accrescent. Corolla of 5 fused petals. Stamens 5, distinct, included or rarely exserted; filaments inserted on corolla tube base alternate with corolla lobes; anthers dithecal, usually linear or oblong, extrorse. Ovary superior, 2–4-carpellate, usually with as many cells, placentation basal or basal-axile; ovules 2(4, 6) per cell, or ovary 1-celled and ovules 4, these erect, anatropous; style simple; stigma globose or 2–3-lobed, the lobes globose.

Fruit: Fruit a globose to ovoid capsules; 4–valved or rarely 6–valved; or splitting irregularly. Seeds 1–4; dark brown to black; rarely tan; ovoid; 8–10 mm long; glabrous; endosperm absent or scanty; cartilaginous; cotyledons usually foliaceous.

Ploidy: 2n = 30

Habitat: naturalized usually in moist areas.

Elevation Range: 0–610 m.

Historical Distribution

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Synonyms (58)

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Indigenous or Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Indigenous or Naturalized
O'ahu Indigenous or Naturalized
Molokai Indigenous or Naturalized
Lana'i Indigenous or Naturalized
Maui Indigenous or Naturalized
Hawai'i Indigenous or Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • Description digitized by Kaleo Gallaher
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • First recorded in 1819 by Gaudichaud-Beaupre (St. John & Titcomb, 1983).-Plote 71.

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 161 (1753)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:554 (K, O, Mo, L, M, H); Nagata 1985 (status change from nat to ind/nat, first collected in 1819, considered native by Hillebrand 1888); Munro 496 BISH (L†, 1930)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ipomoea alba East Maui, Kipahulu at Oheo, Hana (east) side of Palikea stream by Wedelia patch. Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2341 Maui BISH 2013-05-03
2 Ipomoea alba Pauao, Ganthus Trail Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 409 Oahu BISH 1920-05-02
3 Ipomoea alba Nuuanu Valley Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1061 Oahu BISH 1909-01-20
4 Ipomoea alba Pauoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 652 Oahu BISH 1908-10-24
5 Ipomoea alba East Maui, Hana Preserved_Specimen Handy, E.S. 3337 Maui BISH 1933-07-15
6 Ipomoea alba Along roadside near stream, Kipapa Gulch, Waipio, Koolau Mts Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1250 Oahu BISH 1934-01-07
7 Ipomoea alba Kalaupapa; Waikolu Valley, 1 mile up Preserved_Specimen Wysong, M.L. 568 Molokai BISH 2005-01-04
8 Ipomoea alba Maunalei Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 89 Lanai BISH 1915-03-09
9 Ipomoea alba Makiki Forestry Nursery Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1978-01-27
10 Ipomoea alba Maunalei Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 496 Lanai BISH 1930-02-11
11 Ipomoea alba Along Kaluanui Stream Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1978-03-21
12 Ipomoea alba along Kaluanui Stream Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1978-03-21
13 Ipomoea alba Kailua; edge of Kaelepulu Pond north & west borders Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1940-05-30
14 Ipomoea alba West Maui, Waihee, Maui Coastal Land Trust coastal wetland property south of Waihee Point Cultivated UNKNOWN C. R. Annable Maui HAPI 1/18/1998
15 Ipomoea alba Maunalei Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 415 Lanai BISH 1915-03-09
16 Ipomoea alba Manao Cliffs Trail, Pahoa side Preserved_Specimen Pyle, L. Oahu BISH 1985-06-29
17 Ipomoea alba Makiki Forestry Nursery Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1978-01-27
18 Ipomoea alba Waikiki, Kalia Preserved_Specimen Octavio, A.M. Oahu BISH 1929-11-26
19 Ipomoea alba Koolauloa District, Kahana Valley State Park Cultivated, and in pasture UNKNOWN C. R. Annable Oahu HAPI 10/30/1996
20 Ipomoea alba Kipapa-Waiawa ridge, Waipio creek bed Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7284 Oahu BISH 1934-08-08
21 Ipomoea alba Manoa Cliff Contour Trail, Manoa, Oahu, Hawaii Growing up and over all other vegetation along the trail. Preserved_Specimen Crago, L.M. 2005215 Oahu BISH 2005-11-01
22 Ipomoea alba Kealia Trail, Waianae Range growing over tree of Sapindus oahuensis on arid talus slope Preserved_Specimen Hatheway, W.H. 278 Oahu BISH 1950-06-25
23 Ipomoea alba Kawainui Swamp, Kailua Fl. white Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10519 Oahu BISH 1930-05-04
24 Ipomoea alba Kaala, Waianaeuka valley near stream Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. 49 Oahu BISH 1930-11-30
25 Ipomoea alba Sunset Beach sandy loam Preserved_Specimen Afualo, D. 136 Oahu BISH 1975-03-25
26 Ipomoea alba W Tantalus moist ravine Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 149 Oahu BISH 1926-12-27
27 Ipomoea alba Mt. Kalena, Waianae Lantana grove Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7444 Oahu BISH 1934-09-30
28 Ipomoea alba lower Kipahulu Valley, Palakea Stream area between upper pasture and the gauging station, for Resouces Basic Inventory Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. Maui BISH 1975-03-01
29 Ipomoea alba Manoa Cliff Trail, upper Manoa Valley, Koolau Mts climbing over brush Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 8977 Oahu BISH 1932-10-30
30 Ipomoea alba dKawaihau District. Keahua Arboretum, near Keahua stream. Growing into the canopy of moist alien/mixed forest dominated by Hibiscus tiliaceus. Common in area. Preserved_Specimen Brock, K. 809 Kauai BISH 2017-03-16
31 Ipomoea alba Kaala, Waianaeuka, Oahu valley, near stream Vine, valley near stream comon. Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. 49 Oahu BISH 1930-11-30
32 Ipomoea alba Waianae Mts.; Schofield trail to Kaala open slopes Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. 563 Oahu BISH 1932-05-23
33 Ipomoea alba Anini beach road, .2 mile from junction with Kalihiwai Road in hau and grasses Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 1661 Kauai BISH 1986-04-23
34 Ipomoea alba along bridge, Waiehu Golf Course Rd with grasses, few Prosopis trees, along suger cane fields. Forming dense cover Preserved_Specimen Ishikawa, S. 187 Maui BISH 1972-12-18
35 Ipomoea alba ahupuaa of Halepuaa, Puna District, side of the Puna Trail Growing on the mauka side of the trail in full shade in a Psidium guajava thicket not far from the tree planting area. Preserved_Specimen Kubo, R. 19 Hawaii BISH 1979-04-16
36 Ipomoea alba Road from Kaaawa-Waikane, opposite Moilili Island climbing on hedge Preserved_Specimen van Royen, P. 10254 Oahu BISH 1968-10-07
37 Ipomoea alba Kailua, W side of Kawainui Marsh climbing in trees Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 57423 Oahu BISH 1978-03-28
38 Ipomoea alba Wailau Valley climbing on bushes, steep bank Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 13224 Molokai BISH 1933-07-03
39 Ipomoea alba S ridge of Kipapa Gulch, Waipio, Koolau Mts. E of Puu Kamana moist gulch Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 11644 Oahu BISH 1932-05-15
40 Ipomoea alba East Maui, Waihoi Valley, Transect 1 small patch mid-valley with Lycopodium cernuum and Dicranopteris Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. 169 Maui BISH 1972-08-04
41 Ipomoea alba Waianapanapa State Park climbing in hala trees near coastline Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2884 Maui BISH 1987-06-28
42 Ipomoea alba Honouliuli Trail near Puu Hapapa over bushes over wet slope Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 12317 Oahu BISH 1939-04-09
43 Ipomoea alba Waialua along highway Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5751 Molokai BISH 1976-03-10
44 Ipomoea alba Heeia Bridge, Heeia climbing on fence at edge of swamp. Broad stream-bed, mostly occupied near sea by mangrove Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 27121 Oahu BISH 1946-10-20
45 Ipomoea alba Kahana Valley pasture Preserved_Specimen Annable, C.R. 3097 Oahu BISH 1996-10-30
46 Ipomoea alba Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum near water tank along roadside Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 547 Oahu BISH 1969-07-16
47 Ipomoea alba Kipapa Gulch, Waipio, Koolau Mts along roadside near stream Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1250 Oahu BISH 1934-01-07
48 Ipomoea alba ahupuaa of Halepuaa in the Puna District, along Puna Trail not far from tree planting area Growing on the mauka side of the Puna Trail in full shade in a Psidium guajava thicket. Preserved_Specimen Kubo, R. 19 Hawaii BISH 1979-04-16
49 Ipomoea alba Waianae Uka, S fork of Kaukonahua Stream, 3.5 miles from W end of trail (Koolau Reservoir) growing on staghorn fern Preserved_Specimen Kuykendall, J.R. 137 Oahu BISH 1945-12-09
50 Ipomoea alba Kealia Trail, Waianae Range climbing to tops of 40' trees on spring-fed talus slope Preserved_Specimen Hatheway, W.H. 299 Oahu BISH 1950-06-25
51 Ipomoea alba West Maui, Waihee, Maui Coastal Land Trust coastal wetland property south of Waihee Point Open field of seasonally wet vegetation dominated by Brachiaria mutica. Preserved_Specimen Imada, C. 200453 Maui BISH 2004-09-17
52 Ipomoea alba East Maui, Hana District, Kalahu Point, PTBG Kahanu Garden, Piilanihale Heiau disturbed area between Pandanus forest and lawn area, in Ardisia Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 2434 Maui BISH 1987-10-15
53 Ipomoea alba Konahuanui Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 366 Oahu BISH 1864-01-01
54 Ipomoea alba Kalimau Valley Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 39 Hawaii BISH 1908-12-03
55 Ipomoea alba Puna, 1 km W on Pakaka Road Preserved_Specimen Annable, C.R. 3755 Hawaii BISH 1998-01-18
56 Ipomoea alba Pauoa, Konahuniu trail Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 222 Oahu BISH 1920-02-15
57 Ipomoea alba East Maui, Hana, Wakiu Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 17840 Maui BISH 1936-12-30
58 Ipomoea alba Kaliuwaa Valley Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 39 Oahu BISH 1908-12-03
59 Ipomoea alba Keauhou, Highway 18 near settlement Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5032 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-18
60 Ipomoea alba Waimea, private garden Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 920034 Kauai BISH 1992-04-13
61 Ipomoea alba East Maui, Kipahulu at Oheo, Hana (east) side of Palikea stream by Wedelia patch. Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 2341 Maui BISH 2013-05-03
62 Ipomoea alba Pauao, Ganthus Trail Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 409 Oahu BISH 1920-05-02
63 Ipomoea alba Nuuanu Valley Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1061 Oahu BISH 1909-01-20
64 Ipomoea alba Pauoa Valley Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 652 Oahu BISH 1908-10-24
65 Ipomoea alba East Maui, Hana Preserved_Specimen Handy, E.S. 3337 Maui BISH 1933-07-15
66 Ipomoea alba Along roadside near stream, Kipapa Gulch, Waipio, Koolau Mts Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1250 Oahu BISH 1934-01-07
67 Ipomoea alba Kalaupapa; Waikolu Valley, 1 mile up Preserved_Specimen Wysong, M.L. 568 Molokai BISH 2005-01-04
68 Ipomoea alba Maunalei Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 89 Lanai BISH 1915-03-09
69 Ipomoea alba Makiki Forestry Nursery Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1978-01-27
70 Ipomoea alba Maunalei Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 496 Lanai BISH 1930-02-11
71 Ipomoea alba Along Kaluanui Stream Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1978-03-21
72 Ipomoea alba along Kaluanui Stream Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1978-03-21
73 Ipomoea alba Kailua; edge of Kaelepulu Pond north & west borders Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1940-05-30
74 Ipomoea alba West Maui, Waihee, Maui Coastal Land Trust coastal wetland property south of Waihee Point Cultivated UNKNOWN C. R. Annable Maui HAPI 1/18/1998
75 Ipomoea alba Maunalei Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 415 Lanai BISH 1915-03-09
76 Ipomoea alba Manao Cliffs Trail, Pahoa side Preserved_Specimen Pyle, L. Oahu BISH 1985-06-29
77 Ipomoea alba Makiki Forestry Nursery Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1978-01-27
78 Ipomoea alba Waikiki, Kalia Preserved_Specimen Octavio, A.M. Oahu BISH 1929-11-26
79 Ipomoea alba Koolauloa District, Kahana Valley State Park Cultivated, and in pasture UNKNOWN C. R. Annable Oahu HAPI 10/30/1996
80 Ipomoea alba Kipapa-Waiawa ridge, Waipio creek bed Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7284 Oahu BISH 1934-08-08
81 Ipomoea alba Manoa Cliff Contour Trail, Manoa, Oahu, Hawaii Growing up and over all other vegetation along the trail. Preserved_Specimen Crago, L.M. 2005215 Oahu BISH 2005-11-01
82 Ipomoea alba Kealia Trail, Waianae Range growing over tree of Sapindus oahuensis on arid talus slope Preserved_Specimen Hatheway, W.H. 278 Oahu BISH 1950-06-25
83 Ipomoea alba Kawainui Swamp, Kailua Fl. white Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10519 Oahu BISH 1930-05-04
84 Ipomoea alba Kaala, Waianaeuka valley near stream Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. 49 Oahu BISH 1930-11-30
85 Ipomoea alba Sunset Beach sandy loam Preserved_Specimen Afualo, D. 136 Oahu BISH 1975-03-25
86 Ipomoea alba W Tantalus moist ravine Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 149 Oahu BISH 1926-12-27
87 Ipomoea alba Mt. Kalena, Waianae Lantana grove Preserved_Specimen Grant, M.L. 7444 Oahu BISH 1934-09-30
88 Ipomoea alba lower Kipahulu Valley, Palakea Stream area between upper pasture and the gauging station, for Resouces Basic Inventory Preserved_Specimen Gagné, B.H. Maui BISH 1975-03-01
89 Ipomoea alba Manoa Cliff Trail, upper Manoa Valley, Koolau Mts climbing over brush Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 8977 Oahu BISH 1932-10-30
90 Ipomoea alba dKawaihau District. Keahua Arboretum, near Keahua stream. Growing into the canopy of moist alien/mixed forest dominated by Hibiscus tiliaceus. Common in area. Preserved_Specimen Brock, K. 809 Kauai BISH 2017-03-16
91 Ipomoea alba Kaala, Waianaeuka, Oahu valley, near stream Vine, valley near stream comon. Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. 49 Oahu BISH 1930-11-30
92 Ipomoea alba Waianae Mts.; Schofield trail to Kaala open slopes Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. 563 Oahu BISH 1932-05-23
93 Ipomoea alba Anini beach road, .2 mile from junction with Kalihiwai Road in hau and grasses Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 1661 Kauai BISH 1986-04-23
94 Ipomoea alba along bridge, Waiehu Golf Course Rd with grasses, few Prosopis trees, along suger cane fields. Forming dense cover Preserved_Specimen Ishikawa, S. 187 Maui BISH 1972-12-18
95 Ipomoea alba ahupuaa of Halepuaa, Puna District, side of the Puna Trail Growing on the mauka side of the trail in full shade in a Psidium guajava thicket not far from the tree planting area. Preserved_Specimen Kubo, R. 19 Hawaii BISH 1979-04-16
96 Ipomoea alba Road from Kaaawa-Waikane, opposite Moilili Island climbing on hedge Preserved_Specimen van Royen, P. 10254 Oahu BISH 1968-10-07
97 Ipomoea alba Kailua, W side of Kawainui Marsh climbing in trees Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 57423 Oahu BISH 1978-03-28
98 Ipomoea alba Wailau Valley climbing on bushes, steep bank Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 13224 Molokai BISH 1933-07-03
99 Ipomoea alba S ridge of Kipapa Gulch, Waipio, Koolau Mts. E of Puu Kamana moist gulch Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 11644 Oahu BISH 1932-05-15
100 Ipomoea alba East Maui, Waihoi Valley, Transect 1 small patch mid-valley with Lycopodium cernuum and Dicranopteris Preserved_Specimen Harrison, B. 169 Maui BISH 1972-08-04
101 Ipomoea alba Waianapanapa State Park climbing in hala trees near coastline Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 2884 Maui BISH 1987-06-28
102 Ipomoea alba Honouliuli Trail near Puu Hapapa over bushes over wet slope Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 12317 Oahu BISH 1939-04-09
103 Ipomoea alba Waialua along highway Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5751 Molokai BISH 1976-03-10
104 Ipomoea alba Heeia Bridge, Heeia climbing on fence at edge of swamp. Broad stream-bed, mostly occupied near sea by mangrove Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 27121 Oahu BISH 1946-10-20
105 Ipomoea alba Kahana Valley pasture Preserved_Specimen Annable, C.R. 3097 Oahu BISH 1996-10-30
106 Ipomoea alba Honolulu: Manoa Valley; Lyon Arboretum near water tank along roadside Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 547 Oahu BISH 1969-07-16
107 Ipomoea alba Kipapa Gulch, Waipio, Koolau Mts along roadside near stream Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1250 Oahu BISH 1934-01-07
108 Ipomoea alba ahupuaa of Halepuaa in the Puna District, along Puna Trail not far from tree planting area Growing on the mauka side of the Puna Trail in full shade in a Psidium guajava thicket. Preserved_Specimen Kubo, R. 19 Hawaii BISH 1979-04-16
109 Ipomoea alba Waianae Uka, S fork of Kaukonahua Stream, 3.5 miles from W end of trail (Koolau Reservoir) growing on staghorn fern Preserved_Specimen Kuykendall, J.R. 137 Oahu BISH 1945-12-09
110 Ipomoea alba Kealia Trail, Waianae Range climbing to tops of 40' trees on spring-fed talus slope Preserved_Specimen Hatheway, W.H. 299 Oahu BISH 1950-06-25
111 Ipomoea alba West Maui, Waihee, Maui Coastal Land Trust coastal wetland property south of Waihee Point Open field of seasonally wet vegetation dominated by Brachiaria mutica. Preserved_Specimen Imada, C. 200453 Maui BISH 2004-09-17
112 Ipomoea alba East Maui, Hana District, Kalahu Point, PTBG Kahanu Garden, Piilanihale Heiau disturbed area between Pandanus forest and lawn area, in Ardisia Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 2434 Maui BISH 1987-10-15
113 Ipomoea alba Konahuanui Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 366 Oahu BISH 1864-01-01
114 Ipomoea alba Kalimau Valley Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 39 Hawaii BISH 1908-12-03
115 Ipomoea alba Puna, 1 km W on Pakaka Road Preserved_Specimen Annable, C.R. 3755 Hawaii BISH 1998-01-18
116 Ipomoea alba Pauoa, Konahuniu trail Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 222 Oahu BISH 1920-02-15
117 Ipomoea alba East Maui, Hana, Wakiu Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 17840 Maui BISH 1936-12-30
118 Ipomoea alba Kaliuwaa Valley Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 39 Oahu BISH 1908-12-03
119 Ipomoea alba Keauhou, Highway 18 near settlement Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 5032 Hawaii BISH 1974-09-18
120 Ipomoea alba Waimea, private garden Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 920034 Kauai BISH 1992-04-13