Ipomoea Reptans
''Ipomoea reptans'' can refer to: *''Ipomoea reptans'' Anon., a synonym of '' Ipomoea aquatica'' Forssk. var. ''aquatica'' *''Ipomoea reptans'' (L.) Poir. ex G.Don., a synonym of '' Merremia hirta'' (L.) Merr. var. ''hirta'' {{Species Latin name disambiguation ...
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Ipomoea Aquatica
''Ipomoea aquatica'', widely known as water spinach, is a semi- aquatic, tropical plant grown as a vegetable for its tender shoots. ''I. aquatica'' is generally believed to have been first domesticated in Southeast Asia. It is widely cultivated in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and South Asia. It grows abundantly near waterways and requires little to no care. Description ''Ipomoea aquatica'' grows in water or on moist soil. Its stems are or longer, rooting at the nodes, and they are hollow and can float. The leaves vary from typically sagittate (arrow head-shaped) to lanceolate, long and broad. The flowers are trumpet-shaped, in diameter, and usually white in colour with a mauve centre. Propagation is either by planting cuttings of the stem shoots, which will root along nodes, or by planting the seeds from flowers that produce seed pods. Names ''Ipomoea aquatica'' is widely known as kangkong (also spelled kangkung), its common name in Maritime Southeast Asia, which possibly or ...
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