Ipomoea cairica

Ipomoea cairica, Ipomoea palmata, Cairo- or coast morning glory, Palmate Morning Glory,

Hebrew: לפופית כפנית, Arabic: شب النهار


Scientific name:		Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet
Scientific name:		Ipomoea palmata Forssk.
Common name:		Cairo- or coast morning glory, Palmate Morning Glory
Hebrew name:		לפופית כפנית
Arabic name:		شب النهار
Family:		Convolvulaceae, חבלבליים


Life form:		Hemicryptophyte
Stems:		Twining, trailing; hairless
Leaves:		Alternate, compound, pinnate
Inflorescence:		Axillary, 1–3 flowered
Flowers:		Violet funnel-shaped joined petals 3.5–6 cm long, 6–8 cm wide, with darker violet hairless mid-petal bands, throat usually darker
Fruits / pods:		Capsule almost globe-shaped, 9–12 mm wide; seeds dark brown-black, 5–6 mm long, flattened ovoid, hairy with pale brown long hairs on outer ridges
Flowering Period:		Summer
Habitat:		Disturbed habitats
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype:		Tropical
Summer shedding:		Perennating

Derivation of the botanical name:

Ipomoea, Greek ips, a worm, bind-weed; homoios, similar to; referring to the twining habit of the plant’s growth.

cairica, from Cairo, Egypt.
palmata, lobed like a hand; palmate.
The Hebrew name: לפופית, lefufit, formed from לפוף, lefuf (=wrapping, binding) with suffix -it.

The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
The standard author abbreviation Sweet is used to indicate Robert Sweet (1783 – 1835), an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist.
The standard author abbreviation Forssk. is used to indicate Peter Forsskål (1732 – 1763), a Swedish explorer, orientalist and naturalist.

_{Location, Jaffa, Gan Hapisga, Summit Garden}