Invasion information | ||
Range in Japan | Middle to southern Japan | |
Origin | Unknown. | |
Date | 1848-1854 | |
Route | Deliberate: As ornamental plant | |
Impact | Competition with native plants and crop (corn) Native organism(s) affected: Native plants, crop (corn), etc. | |
Regulation in Japan | Import from country or area with Euscepes postfasciatus or Cylas formicarius, and transport from 30 deg. N or southern Ryukyu Archipelago and Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands, of live leaf, stem, and underground organ of genus Ipomoea, are prohibited by the Plant Protection Law. | |
Introduced range in other countries | South America, Asia, Africa, Oceania. |
Reference | Notes |
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Ipomoea. x sloteri is a hybrid of I. quamoclit and this species. |