EPPO Global Database

Ipomoea corymbosa(TUNCO)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: TUNCO
  • Preferred name: Ipomoea corymbosa
  • Authority: (Linnaeus) Roth

Notes

Mexico, Central America, Caribbean (Cuba, Hispaniola), South America (except southern cone). Introduced in Sri Lanka, Malesia (Philippines), Zaïre, Mozambique, USA (southern), Australia (Queensland)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Convolvulus corymbosus Linnaeus
Rivea corymbosa (Linnaeus) H.G.Hallier
Turbina corymbosa (Linnaeus) Rafinesque

Common names
Name Language
Christmas pops English
Christmas wreath English
Marie-Claude French
ololuiqui French
aguinaldo blanco Spanish (CU)
aguinaldo de Pascua Spanish (CU)
corona de novia Spanish
hierba de la virga Spanish
pascua Spanish
piule Spanish