Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Ipomoea triloba

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual Climber

Growth—

Originally from the Caribbean, the plant has spread to become a pantropical weed. Although a fairly small plant, because of its creeping, twining habit it can overwhelm other vegetation in farmer's fields and in natural areas^[1]. Plants can flower all year round^[2].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ipomoea+triloba>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk — http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html ↩︎A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands.
[2]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
[3]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
[4]Traditional Vegetables in Benin — Achigan-Dako E. Et al · Darwin Initiative; International Foundation for Science · 2009 ↩︎Issued as a PDF on the Internet, it contains basic information on over 250 species of plants used for food in Benin.
[PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎