Ipomoea cairica - The wild morning glory

Scientific name: Ipomoea cairica

Common names: 

Railway Creeper, Ivy Leaved Morning Glory, 

Cairo Morning Glory, Coastal Morning Glory, Mile a Minute Vine, Messina Creeper

Chinese name: 五爪金龍 (wu zhua jin ling - 5 clawed golden dragon)

Malay name: Seri Pagi Jalar

Family: Convolvulaceae
Origin: Africa

Native range: From Cape Verde in Portugal to the Middle East and Northern Africa

Category: Perennial creeper (Wildflower / Weed)

Photo taken at: Rubbish dump in Ipoh.

The species name 'cairica' could have been derived from "Cairo", the capital of Egypt.

Features

It is commonly found growing wild in vacant land and rubbish dumps where it grows well under the full sun. The flowers open in the morning and are closed by afternoon. There are 5 lobes on each leaf with the centre lobe being the largest. Propagation is by cuttings. 

Ipomoea purpurea - Common Morning Glory

Scientific name: Ipomoea purpurea

Common name: Common Morning Glory 
Malay name: Seri Pagi

Family: Convolvulacee
Origin:  Mexico and Central America
Category: Herbaceous perennial climber

Photo taken at: My home garden

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Scientific name: Ipomoea pes-caprae
Synonym: I. pes-caprae ssp. brasiliensis, I. biloba
Common name: Beach Morning Glory, Goat's Foot
Family: Convolulaceae
Origin: Pan-tropical coasts (Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean)
Category: Herbaceous perennial creeper
Photo Taken at: The Legend Water Chalets, Port Dickson

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Ipomoea horsfalliae

Scientific name: Ipomoea horsfalliae

Common name: Cardinal creeper, Prince Kuhio* vine, Horsfall's morning glory,

Lady Doorly's morning glory

Family: Convolvulaceae

Origin / Native to : West Indies (Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Guyana, Suriname), Venezuela, Brazil

Photograph taken at: The Secret Garden of 1-Utama

* Named after Hawaii Prince Kuhio who grew it on his property in Waikiki.

This is my entry for Today's Flowers # 137, a meme which opens every Sunday, 2pm GMT. My grateful thanks to Today's Flowers team members; Luiz Santili Jr, Denise in Virginia, Laerte Pupo and Sandy Carlson. To participate and view other gorgeous flowers around the world, click here