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Lavender moonvine
Sinaloa Silvestre, CC0, via iNaturalist

Morning glories & sweet potato

Lavender moonvine

Ipomoea muricata (L.) Jacq.

Names

EnglishLavender moonvine
Dutch—
SpanishCoquito
Chinese丁香茄
Scientific nameIpomoea muricata (L.) Jacq.

About this species

Ipomoea muricata, also called lavender moonvine, is a climbing vine in the genus Ipomoea, the same genus that contains the various morning glory species and sweet potato. It is native to Central America, but now distributed widely across the tropics and subtropics.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderSolanales
FamilyConvolvulaceae
GenusIpomoea

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