Ipomoea cairica

(L.) Sweet (1826)

This name is accepted

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

ivy-leaved morning glory, koali, koali ‘ai, koali ʻai [koali ai], koali‘ai‘ai (Ni‘ihau via St. John)

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Vines.

Stems: Stems twining or sometimes prostrate, herbaceous but woody toward base, up to 4 m or more long, smooth or muricate, glabrous or rarely villous at nodes.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades ovate to orbicular in outline, 3–10 cm long and wide, palmately divided, usually to base into 5–7 lobes, the lobes lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, 3–5 cm long. Outer lobes sometimes bifid. Apex obtuse to acute, mucronulate. Base acute, cordate to truncate, petiolate, subsessile, or sessile. Surfaces glabrous, blades chartaceous. Margins entire. Petioles up to ca. 2/3 as long as blades. Pseudostipules present. True stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers 1 to numerous in lax dichasia, peduncles 5–80 mm long, pedicels 12–30 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic, 5-merous. Calyx of 5 sepals, distinct, imbricate, herbaceous to subcoriaceous, ovate, 4-6.5 mm long, outer ones slightly shorter, glabrous, +/- verrucose, margins scarious, apex obtuse to acute, mucronulate, often somewhat enlarging in fruit but not markedly accrescent, persistent, occasionally accrescent. Corolla purple, bluish purple, or white with a purple center, funnelform, (3–)4.5–6 cm long. 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 1, filiform, simple or bifid, or sometimes with 2 distinct style; stigma globose or 2–3-lobed, the lobes globose.

Fruit: Fruit a subglobse capsules; 1-1.2 cm long; glabrous; dehiscent by 4 valves or rarely 6 valves; or splitting irregularly. Seeds black to tan; subglobose to ovoid; 4-6 mm long; densely short-tomentose; sometimes with long silky hairs along the margins.

Ploidy: 2n = 30

Habitat: Apparently a naturalized species in primarily open; dry; usually rocky; often disturbed areas.

Elevation Range: 0–670 m.

Historical Distribution

Synonyms (57)

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Stems sometimes used for cordage (Abbott 1992:63; Summers 1990:104); used for "swing" (Krauss 1993:8).

CULTURE

  • Legend of Kaulu Footnote mentions the Hawaiian swing was made of a single rope of twisted kowali (Fornander [v.4-part iii] 1917:530).

Natural History

Statewide Status

Indigenous

Island Status

Ka'ula Indigenous
Ni'ihau(Incl. Lehua) Indigenous
Kaua'i Indigenous
O'ahu Indigenous
Molokai Indigenous
Lana'i Indigenous
Kaho'olawe Indigenous
Maui Indigenous
Hawai'i Indigenous

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Notes

  • 670 m
  • Description digitized by Kaleo
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • First recorded in 18l9 by Gaudichaud-Beauprd (St. John & Titcomb, 1983)

Bibliography

Name Published In: Hort. Brit.: 287 (1826)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:555 (Ni, K, O, Mo, L, Ka, H); Oppenheimer & Bartlett 2000:4 (WM); Starr et al. 2006:34 (EM); Note: Kl added, based on BISH spms. (R. Daehler 4, R. Daehler 15)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ipomoea cairica Coral Flats Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. Oahu BISH 1957-02-24
2 Ipomoea cairica Kona Preserved_Specimen Carlson, N.K. Hawaii BISH 1964-04-25
3 Ipomoea cairica Ke Kuaaina, Na Laau Hawaii, Diamond Head Preserved_Specimen Oahu BISH 1962-03-07
4 Ipomoea cairica unknown Preserved_Specimen Mann, H. 739 BISH 1864-01-01
5 Ipomoea cairica Coral Flats, Ewa, light house road Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. Oahu BISH
6 Ipomoea cairica Kauai Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. Kauai BISH
7 Ipomoea cairica Waianae, cane fields Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. 54 Oahu BISH 1930-12-10
8 Ipomoea cairica West end Preserved_Specimen Uehara, S. 4 Molokai BISH 1961-04-11
9 Ipomoea cairica Honolulu, Kalihi Road Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. 653 Oahu BISH
10 Ipomoea cairica Koele Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 84 Lanai BISH 1913-09-24
11 Ipomoea cairica Road from Wailuku to Lahaina Preserved_Specimen Hillebrand, W.B. 151 Maui BISH
12 Ipomoea cairica Transect C3 (from spotting tower to area above Waikahalulu Bay). Among boulders along side of gully Among boulders along side of gully Preserved_Specimen Char, W.P. 78.055 Kahoolawe BISH 1978-11-24
13 Ipomoea cairica Near Pahala roadside Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 5987 Hawaii BISH 1929-10-01
14 Ipomoea cairica At large heiau S of Upolu Point, Hawaii Over rocks in arid region Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 5983 Hawaii BISH 1930-03-23
15 Ipomoea cairica East Maui, Makawao District, Kula, Kaonoulu Gulch, N of Rice Park on mauka side of hwy In gully and steep rd bank. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 80302 Maui BISH 2003-08-02
16 Ipomoea cairica Milolii, Paaiki gulch, twining along kukui trees in gulch bottom. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1816 Kauai BISH 1983-08-22
17 Ipomoea cairica Along S shore on Kamehameha V Hwy., about 1/4 mile east of Kakahaia Wildlife Refuge Occasional along both sides of highway. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 9909231 Molokai BISH 1999-09-23
18 Ipomoea cairica Waianae Mts, Makaha Valley, open valley floor Weed plentiful in valley; with Crotalaria saltiana, Indigofera suffruticosa, Salvia coccinea Preserved_Specimen MacDaniels, L.H. 527 Oahu BISH 1927-01-31
19 Ipomoea cairica Kipapa Gulch, Waipio; In pineapple fields Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 773 Oahu BISH 1932-09-25
20 Ipomoea cairica Na Pali Coast, small hanging valley between Kaliliu and Hanakoa Valleys Climbing on Canthium trees in full sun beside trail. Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. 171 Kauai BISH 1980-04-09
21 Ipomoea cairica Lihue District; Hulemalu Rd. just west of Alakoko Fishpond (Menehune Fishpond) Along roadside with Syzygium cumini and Panicum maximum. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 2893 Kauai BISH 1988-04-06
22 Ipomoea cairica Koko Head crater steep side of hill Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. 18 Oahu BISH 1930-11-22
23 Ipomoea cairica Kanepuu Very common on uplands. Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 307 Lanai BISH 1928-03-07
24 Ipomoea cairica N fork of valley E of Palikea, Honouliuli, Waianae Mts open slope Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10377 Oahu BISH 1930-02-23
25 Ipomoea cairica Makakilo Gulch, Growing together with Kiawe and mixed grasses Preserved_Specimen Leu, M. 64 Oahu BISH 1987-12-04
26 Ipomoea cairica Koali. Northeast part of island, Waaiki Gulch Vine growing in Prosopis pallida tree on upper slope of gully. Preserved_Specimen Cuddihy, L.W. 408 Kahoolawe BISH 1980-04-24
27 Ipomoea cairica Kaali Cliff Vine over runny, rocky knoll. Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23580 Niihau BISH 1949-03-29
28 Ipomoea cairica Waimea, Haeleele Valley, between Haeleele and Polihale ridges with Leucaena leucocephala, Hyptis pectinata, Erythrina sandwicensis, Plumbago zeylanica, Aleurites moluccana Preserved_Specimen Lorence, D.H. 6431 Kauai BISH 1990-04-30
29 Ipomoea cairica near Waiahewahewa gulch, west Molokai climbing over rocks in extremely arid region; common Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 5990 Molokai BISH 1928-04-18
30 Ipomoea cairica Kawela Bay Growing over bushes in moderately dry region. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 6010 Oahu BISH 1933-05-01
31 Ipomoea cairica Near Pahala roadside Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 5987 Hawaii BISH 1929-10-01
32 Ipomoea cairica Kunia Road, near Schofield roadside Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 24357 Oahu BISH 1956-07-28
33 Ipomoea cairica Kaohikaipu Islet, Waimanalo Bay Broken basalt rock Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 14041 Oahu BISH 1937-06-13
34 Ipomoea cairica near Homelani Cemetery climbing over Lantana and Opuntia in gulch Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 22132 Molokai BISH 1952-03-16
35 Ipomoea cairica Kamalino Climbing on stones Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 23627 Niihau BISH 1949-03-31
36 Ipomoea cairica Mau 'Umae Nature Park, just up-slope (=mauka) of 16th Avenue at the lower edge of a steep, rocky, sunny slope. Among Prospis, Acacia, and Leucaena trees and shrubs, with chest high grasses and Stapelia understory Preserved_Specimen Staples, G.W. 1614 Oahu BISH 2014-12-20
37 Ipomoea cairica Koko Crater rocky slope in gully, close to ocean, fresh water seepage Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1931-01-18
38 Ipomoea cairica Wainiha Valley Vine climbing over bushes, moist woods along trail by river, Wainiha Valley Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 13949 Kauai BISH 1934-01-01
39 Ipomoea cairica Kawaihapai, Oahu, T. H Over rocks in dry region. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 10875 Oahu BISH 1935-07-15
40 Ipomoea cairica near Homelani Cemetery climbing over Lantana and Opuntia in gulch Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 22132 Molokai BISH 1952-03-16
41 Ipomoea cairica W Maui, Lahaina District, Honokahua, S side of Office Rd., Kapalua Growing on fences and climbing buildings. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 89939 Maui BISH 1999-08-21
42 Ipomoea cairica East Maui, Haleakala Hwy, Kula, In gulch side of Hwy Residential, gulch, roadside. Preserved_Specimen Starr, F. 403271 Maui BISH 2004-03-27
43 Ipomoea cairica <amawaomio Gi;cj twining over weeds by roadside, troublesome in pineapple fields Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 12444 Molokai BISH 1932-12-22
44 Ipomoea cairica above Kaena Point loose rock Preserved_Specimen Wilbur, R.L. 332 Oahu BISH 1947-11-11
45 Ipomoea cairica mouth of Mapulehu Valley climbing over old heiau, dry slope Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 13345 Molokai BISH 1936-12-22
46 Ipomoea cairica Makapuu rocks, sunny, arid Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 6026 Oahu BISH 1925-12-01
47 Ipomoea cairica N.W. head, Hahaione Valley, Koolau Divide, Maunalua edge of ohia woods Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 20178 Oahu BISH 1941-02-16
48 Ipomoea cairica unknown Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. BISH
49 Ipomoea cairica Honolulu District, Koko Head, Ihiihilauakea Crater. Growing in kiawe on south slope of Ihiihilauakea Crater. Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 192 Oahu BISH 1987-02-22
50 Ipomoea cairica Schofield Road roadside Preserved_Specimen Bryan Jr., E.H. Oahu BISH 1929-02-10
51 Ipomoea cairica Mokuleia base of forehill Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 24358 Oahu BISH 1956-06-30
52 Ipomoea cairica along the trail to the Dillingham Field wetland Plants were plentiful, flowering and robust. found scrambling over Koa haole, Guinea grass, wild tomato and Amaranthus spinosus. Preserved_Specimen Funk, E.J. 1102 Oahu BISH 1990-05-08
53 Ipomoea cairica Honolulu District, Koko Head Introduced. Patches along paved road on top of Kuamookane ridge. Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 141 Oahu BISH 1984-01-29
54 Ipomoea cairica Between Hoolehua and Kaunakakai climbing fence in dry region Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 5994 Molokai BISH 1928-06-26
55 Ipomoea cairica Honolulu District: Koko Head Introduced. A few individuals between Nonoula and Ihiihilauakea Craters. Preserved_Specimen Bruegmann, M.M. 123 Oahu BISH 1984-01-17
56 Ipomoea cairica Hanalei, hanging valley between Kalalau and Hanakoa with Metrosideros, Diospyros, Flueggea, Pteralyxia, Exocarpos, Kokia, Neraudia, Santalum, Charpentiera, Pritchardia, Nototrichium, Chamaesyce, Hedyotis, Dubautia, Melicope, Festuca, Bidens, Lipochaeta, Panicum; on cliff face Preserved_Specimen Wood, K.R. 1779 Kauai BISH 1992-04-02
57 Ipomoea cairica Kawaihae Rd., dry gulch Preserved_Specimen Ewart III, G.R. 347 Hawaii BISH 1934-03-02
58 Ipomoea cairica Kipapa Gulch, Waipio; In waste place along roadside, Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 908 Oahu BISH 1933-02-26
59 Ipomoea cairica Miki Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 289 Lanai BISH 1913-12-01
60 Ipomoea cairica Black Point, near Diamond Head Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 431 Oahu BISH 1920-06-20
61 Ipomoea cairica Lualualei, mauka of 59th St., central valley arid grass, over Schinus Preserved_Specimen Takeuchi, W.N. 3444 Oahu BISH 1987-03-01
62 Ipomoea cairica Kuliouou forest Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. 1512 Oahu BISH 1931-02-05
63 Ipomoea cairica sea shore near diamond head sea shore Preserved_Specimen Skottsberg, C.J.F. 103 Oahu BISH 1922-10-08
64 Ipomoea cairica base Puu Kalena, Waianae Mts; Waianae Kai dry forest, twining over bushes. Preserved_Specimen Fosberg, F.R. 9252 Oahu BISH 1933-03-12
65 Ipomoea cairica Former Naval Air Station Barbers Point, Northern Trap & Skeet Range Growing on Prosopis pallida with Cenchrus ciliaris dominant groundcover. With Leonotis nepetifolia (779245). Along recent powerline clearing. Preserved_Specimen BISH staff 25 Oahu BISH 2021-04-30
66 Ipomoea cairica Diamond Head, bottom of crater on thickets Preserved_Specimen St.John, H. 10557 Oahu BISH 1930-05-10
67 Ipomoea cairica Aliamanu Crater Low lying area that floods periodically. Preserved_Specimen Corn, C. Oahu BISH 1978-03-03
68 Ipomoea cairica Near Hawi Within arid rocky heiau Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 6030 Hawaii BISH 1926-08-12
69 Ipomoea cairica Near Airport Over grass and weeds. Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 22010 Lanai BISH 1952-03-01
70 Ipomoea cairica Kauai Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 6028 Kauai BISH 1926-06-12
71 Ipomoea cairica Near Ewa Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1917 Oahu BISH 1914-07-01
72 Ipomoea cairica Vine, in Diamond Head Crater Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. 1349 Oahu BISH 1930-05-11
73 Ipomoea cairica Honolulu Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1418 Oahu BISH 1909-12-01
74 Ipomoea cairica Honolulu, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum grounds Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 1742 Oahu BISH 1912-01-01
75 Ipomoea cairica Manawai Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 398 Molokai BISH 1912-08-01
76 Ipomoea cairica Black Point, near Diamond Head Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 431 Oahu BISH 1920-06-20
77 Ipomoea cairica Mapulehu Preserved_Specimen Swezey, O.H. 26 Molokai BISH 1930-09-09
78 Ipomoea cairica Kaohikaipu Islet, Makapuu Point Preserved_Specimen Lamoureux, C.H. 4048 Oahu BISH 1967-08-10
79 Ipomoea cairica Diamond Head, Na Laau Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 22 Oahu BISH 1957-03-21
80 Ipomoea cairica Mana Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 6014 Kauai BISH 1926-06-01
81 Ipomoea cairica Miki Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 277 Lanai BISH 1928-02-08
82 Ipomoea cairica Miki Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 289 Lanai BISH 1913-12-01
83 Ipomoea cairica Kealia trail Preserved_Specimen Bennett, T. 246 Oahu BISH 1982-03-25
84 Ipomoea cairica Awalua Preserved_Specimen Kondo, Y. 2 Lanai BISH 1961-03-22
85 Ipomoea cairica Palawai Preserved_Specimen Stone, B.C. 859 Lanai BISH 1955-07-02
86 Ipomoea cairica Waimea Arboretum Preserved_Specimen Lau, J. 2498 Oahu BISH 1986-06-09
87 Ipomoea cairica Kaimuki, Honolulu, Oahu, T. Hawaii Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 6029 Oahu BISH 1926-12-05
88 Ipomoea cairica Koele, near Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 118 Lanai BISH 1913-09-29
89 Ipomoea cairica Mauna Loa Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 113 Molokai BISH 1912-06-01
90 Ipomoea cairica Miki Preserved_Specimen Munro, G.C. 277 Lanai BISH 1928-02-08
91 Ipomoea cairica ridge, back of Tantalus Preserved_Specimen Garber, D.W. 416 Oahu BISH 1920-06-12
92 Ipomoea cairica [Bishop] Museum Gds. Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. Oahu BISH 1908-07-15
93 Ipomoea cairica Niihau Preserved_Specimen Stokes, J.F.G. Niihau BISH 1912-01-01
94 Ipomoea cairica Coral Flats, Ewa Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. Oahu BISH 1957-06-15
95 Ipomoea cairica Niihau Preserved_Specimen Stokes, J.F.G. Niihau BISH 1912-01-01
96 Ipomoea cairica Kauai Preserved_Specimen Lydgate, J.M. Kauai BISH
97 Ipomoea cairica heiau of Mapulehu Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH 1910-03-01
98 Ipomoea cairica Koko Head Preserved_Specimen Octavio, A.M. Oahu BISH 1929-11-28
99 Ipomoea cairica Diamond Head Crater, edge of swamp Preserved_Specimen Christophersen, E. 1458 Oahu BISH 1931-01-22
100 Ipomoea cairica Kaula Rock; occassional Preserved_Specimen Daehler, R. 4 Kaula Rock BISH 1976-01-21
101 Ipomoea cairica Mana Preserved_Specimen Degener, O. 6014 Kauai BISH 1926-06-01
102 Ipomoea cairica Kaula Rock Preserved_Specimen Daehler, R. 15 Kaula Rock BISH 1971-08-18
103 Ipomoea cairica Sea shore, north of Waianae; Preserved_Specimen Hume, E.P. 233 Oahu BISH 1931-10-08
104 Ipomoea cairica Kalihi road Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Oahu BISH 1908-11-06
105 Ipomoea cairica Mapulehu Preserved_Specimen Swezey, O.H. 26 Molokai BISH 1930-09-09
106 Ipomoea cairica Ewa. Pohakupuna Rd Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. Oahu BISH 1957-02-10
107 Ipomoea cairica Kuapa Cliffs Preserved_Specimen Brown, F.B.H. Oahu BISH 1924-08-23
108 Ipomoea cairica Goat Island Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1936-07-26
109 Ipomoea cairica Ewa. Pohakupuna Rd Preserved_Specimen Woolford, H.A. Oahu BISH 1957-02-03
110 Ipomoea cairica Mapulehu heiau (native temple) Preserved_Specimen Rock, J.F.C. Molokai BISH 1910-03-01