Ipomoea violacea

The Ipomoea violacea is a perennial morning glory, which is found primarily in the coastal regions of the tropics. She is best known under the English name ' Beach Moonflower ' or ' Sea Moonflower' as the flowers open at night. Very often other species are cultivated under this name, especially the very popular sky blue flowering Ipomoea tricolor. The real I. violacea but white flowers and is hardly considered as an ornamental plant.

Description

The perennial vine often wraps to beach plants or on slopes of lagoons up. The fleshy, leathery leaves are heart- shaped, 8-16 cm long. The flowers appear singly or, occasionally sympodial, with a 1-3 cm long stalks. The calyx of the flower is 1.5-2.5 cm long, the corolla is white, funnel- shaped, with a 6-8 cm long and 4-6 cm diameter tube. The seed pods are brown with 1-4 dark brown, egg-shaped, hairy seeds, which contain Ergin.