Ipomoea aquatica

Native Range

Native Continent

Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical, Australasia, Africa

Asia-Temperate

China

Asia-Tropical

Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,

Australasia

Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, Northern Territory,

Africa

Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad, Kenya, Tanzania (incl. Pemba, Zanzibar), Uganda, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Mali, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia

Natural Habitat

Moist, marshy or inundated localities, shallow pools, ditches, rice fields, forming dense masses. Also found along roadsides at elevations from sea-level up to 1,000 metres.