Moonflower
ಚಂದ್ರಪುಷ್ಪഇപോമോയ ആൽബ
Ipomoea alba L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 6.1 m
- wide
- 1.4 m
Convolvulaceae
Also called Moon Flower, Moonvine, Tropical white morning-glory, Moonflower or moon vine
Formerly Bonanox riparia, Calonyction aculeatum, Calonyction album, Calonyction bona-nox, and 29 more
When it flowers
Flowers May to March in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Climbing herbaceous tree or lianaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Trop. & Subtrop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 3.0 m to 9.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 91 cm to 1.8 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -1.1 °C (USDA zone 10a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Amole, Dama de noche, Claro de luna
- myn
- sutub
- Chinese
- 天茄兒, 月光花, 夜花薯藤
- Japanese
- ヨルガオ, ユウガオ, トゲヨルガオ
- root
- Mmolobolo
- Chinese (China)
- 月光花
- Swedish
- månvinda, Månvinda
- Afrikaans
- Maanblom
- Portuguese
- Flor-da-lua, batata-brava, boa-noite
- Arabic
- أثمان أبيض
- Russian
- Ипомея белая
- Polish
- Wilec biały
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Ipomoea alba (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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