- Family:
- Convolvulaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Camonea Raf.
Camonea umbellata (L.) A.R.Simões & Staples

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Arauca, Atlántico, Bolívar, Caldas, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Climbing.
- Conservation
- National Red List of Colombia (2021): Potential LC.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- batatilla, batatilla amarilla, batatilla morada, batatillo, bejuco barbero, bejuco batatero
[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2000 m.; Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Pacífico, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Trepadora
- Conservation
- No Evaluada
[UPFC]
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cameroon, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Liberia, Mali, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Assam, Comoros, Cook Is., East Himalaya, Galápagos, Hawaii, India, Jawa, Mauritius, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Northern Territory, Queensland, Réunion, Society Is., Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, West Himalaya
- Camonea bifida (Vahl) Raf.
- Convolvulus aristolochiifolius Mill.
- Convolvulus bifidus Vahl
- Convolvulus blandus Roxb.
- Convolvulus caliginosus J.Koenig ex Choisy
- Convolvulus caracasanus Roem. & Schult.
- Convolvulus densiflorus Hook. & Arn.
- Convolvulus flavus Salisb.
- Convolvulus lotnoha Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
- Convolvulus luteus M.Martens & Galeotti
- Convolvulus multiflorus Mill.
- Convolvulus pentagonus Roxb.
- Convolvulus rothii (Schult.) Spreng.
- Convolvulus sagittifer Kunth
- Convolvulus triflorus Vahl
- Convolvulus umbellatus L.
- Convolvulus umbellatus f. albiflorus Kuntze
- Convolvulus umbellatus f. flavus Kuntze
- Convolvulus umbellatus var. glabriusculus Kuntze
- Convolvulus umbellatus var. mollicomus (Miq.) Kuntze
- Ipomoea bifida Roem. & Schult.
- Ipomoea bifida Roth
- Ipomoea blanda (Roxb.) Sweet
- Ipomoea caliginosa Choisy
- Ipomoea cymosa Roth
- Ipomoea fulvicoma Hance
- Ipomoea heynei Roem. & Schult.
- Ipomoea longipes Garcke
- Ipomoea micans Garcke
- Ipomoea mollicoma Miq.
- Ipomoea multiflora (Mill.) Roem. & Schult.
- Ipomoea pentagona Sweet
- Ipomoea polyanthes Roem. & Schult.
- Ipomoea portobellensis Beurl.
- Ipomoea primuliflora G.Don
- Ipomoea rothii Roem. & Schult.
- Ipomoea sagittifer (Kunth) G.Don
- Ipomoea tonkinensis Gagnep.
- Ipomoea triantha Roem. & Schult.
- Ipomoea umbellata (L.) G.Mey.
- Latrienda multiflora (Mill.) Raf.
- Merremia rondoniana Hoehne
- Merremia tonkinensis (Gagnep.) N.T.Nhan
- Merremia umbellata (L.) Hallier f.
- Merremia umbellata var. cochleata (Haines) H.O.Saxena & Brahmam
- Merremia umbellata var. rotundifolia Kitan.
Camonea umbellata (L.) A.R.Simões & Staples appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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s.coll. [Cat. no. 1342], India | Convolvulus blandus | K001112797 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1342], Nepal | Convolvulus blandus | K001112795 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1342], Bangladesh | Convolvulus blandus | K001112798 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1342], Nepal | Convolvulus blandus | K001112801 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1342] | Convolvulus blandus | K001112796 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1342] | Convolvulus blandus | K001112799 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1342], Nepal | Convolvulus blandus | K001112800 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1343], India | Convolvulus pentagonus | K001112807 | Yes | ||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1343], Malaysia | Convolvulus pentagonus | K001112808 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1343], India | Convolvulus pentagonus | K001112806 | Yes | ||
Hinton, G.B. [8549], México State | Ipomoea longipes | K000465266 | No | ||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 2329] | Convolvulus umbellatus | K001115669 | Yes | ||
Aug 1, 2013 | I Ketut Wenten [IKW 1], Kalimantan | Merremia umbellata | K000734549 | No | |
Aug 19, 2011 | Balansa, B. [3535], Vietnam | Merremia umbellata | K000820832 | isosyntype | Yes |
Feb 10, 2011 | Abg. Mohtar et al. [S 56140], Malaysia | Merremia umbellata | K000605984 | No | |
Feb 10, 2011 | Chew [FRI 53680], Malaysia | Merremia umbellata | K000605985 | No | |
Feb 10, 2011 | Fidilis Krispinus [SAN 139370], Malaysia | Merremia umbellata | K000605992 | No | |
Jul 24, 2003 | Romero [29631], Philippines | Merremia umbellata | K000183091 | No | |
Jul 23, 2003 | Eanghourt, K. [177] | Merremia umbellata | K000183082 | No | |
Jan 1, 1996 | Cheek, M. [5730], Cameroon | Merremia umbellata | K000381576 | No | |
Oct 1, 1992 | Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8718], Cameroon | Merremia umbellata | K000028531 | No | |
Jan 1, 1992 | Cid Ferreira, C.A. [4292], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000944996 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1988 | Manning, S.D. [1108], Cameroon | Merremia umbellata | K000028532 | No | |
May 26, 1973 | Trinta, Z. [700], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000945001 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1973 | Duarte, L. [250], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000944995 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1972 | Forero, E. [7082], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000944997 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1961 | Nsai [283], Cameroon | Merremia umbellata | K000028536 | No | |
Nov 1, 1952 | Ule, E. [9095], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000945000 | Yes | |
Hinton, G.B. [11761], Guerrero | Merremia umbellata | K000465405 | No | ||
Hinton, G.B. [3126], México State | Merremia umbellata | K000465406 | No | ||
Tamajong, S. [22125], Cameroon | Merremia umbellata | K000028537 | No | ||
Glaziou [11261], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000945007 | Yes | ||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [14133], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000944999 | Yes | ||
Jennings, S. [119], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000944993 | Yes | ||
Miquel [s.n.], Suriname | Merremia umbellata | K000612902 | Yes | ||
Gardner [1075], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000945006 | Yes | ||
Hinton, G.B. [10027], Guerrero | Merremia umbellata | K000465404 | No | ||
Harley, R.M. [21715], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000944994 | Yes | ||
Hinton, G.B. [5668], Guerrero | Merremia umbellata | K000465403 | No | ||
Hinton, G.B. [5526], Michoacán | Merremia umbellata | K000465411 | No | ||
s.coll. [54], Peru | Merremia umbellata | K000945005 | Yes | ||
Hinton, G.B. [7167], México State | Merremia umbellata | K000465409 | No | ||
Ule, E. [5570], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000944998 | Yes | ||
Burchell [7161], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000945002 | Yes | ||
Hinton, G.B. [7167], México State | Merremia umbellata | K000465408 | No | ||
Sinclair [s.n.] | Merremia umbellata | K000612908 | Yes | ||
Glaziou, A.F.M. [13025], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000945004 | Yes | ||
Hinton, G.B. [3126], México State | Merremia umbellata | K000465407 | No | ||
Burchell [8869], Brazil | Merremia umbellata | K000945003 | Yes | ||
Zappi, D.C. [1457], Mato Grosso | Merremia umbellata | K000578972 | Yes | ||
Beechy [s.n.], Mexico | Merremia umbellata | K000612909 | Yes | ||
Combs, R. [675], Cuba | Merremia umbellata | K000612903 | Yes | ||
Sanford, W.W. [5677], Cameroon | Merremia umbellata | K000028535 | No | ||
Hinton, G.B. [5526], Michoacán | Merremia umbellata | K000465410 | No |
First published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 183: 583 (2017)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
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