Ipomoea indica


 
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syn. Convolvulus indicus, Ipomoea acuminata, Ipomoea congesta, Ipomoea indica f. alba, Ipomoea insularis, Pharbitis insularis

 
distribution:

Fiji: Kadavu, Lakeba, Ovalau, Rotuma, Vatulele
Hawai'i Islands: Hawai'i, Kaho'olawe, Kaua'i, Kure, Lana'i, Laysan, Lisianski, Maui, Midway, Moloka'i, Nihoa, Ni'ihau, O'ahu
Niue
Society Islands: Tahiti
Tonga: 'Eua
Tuamotu Archipelago: Akamaru, Mangareva / Gambier Islands
Tubuai Islands: Rapa, Tubuai

 
native name:

fue 'ae puaka - Tonga
fue moa - Samoa
koali'awa - Hawai'i Islands
koali'awahia - Hawai'i Islands
koali la'au - Hawai'i Islands
koali pehu - Hawai'i Islands
lauivi - Fiji
lauwere - Fiji
lawere - Fiji
puket e raufasa - Rotuma / Fiji
rautea - Gambier Islands / Tuamotu Archipelago
soi - Tubuai Islands
wa salasala - Fiji
wa salasala vuti - Fiji
wasovivi - Fiji
wa sovivi - Fiji
wavulavula - Fiji
wa vuti - Fiji

 
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Ipomoea indica

Photo: by courtesy of Forest & Kim Starr (USGS)

 
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