EPPO Global Database

Ipomoea purga(IPOPU)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: IPOPU
  • Preferred name: Ipomoea purga
  • Authority: (Wender) Hayne

Other scientific names
Name Authority
Convolvulus mechoacan Arruda
Exogonium jalapa (Wender) Baillon
Exogonium purga (Wender) Bentham
Ipomoea jalapa (Linnaeus) Pursh

Common names
Name Language
jalap English
jalap root English
Jalapatrichterwinde German
jalap French
jalapa Spanish
mechoacan Spanish (MX)
jalapa Portuguese