Ipomoea aquatica: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
aseri	Chuukese	Chuuk Islands	? (0)
cancon	Chamorro	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 491)
Chinese water spinach	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
creeping swamp morning glory	English	?	Haselwood, E. L./Motter, G. G. (1983) (p. 308)
espinaca acuática	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
kang kong	English	?	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 83)
kang koung	Other	New Caledonia Islands	Heine, Heino (1984) (p. 65)
kangking	Yapese	Yap (Waqab) Island	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
kangkong	Pohnpeian	Pohnpei Island	Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 80)
kangkong	Ulithian	Ulithi Atoll	? (0)
kangkong	Yapese	Yap (Waqab) Island	Merlin, M./Kigfas, A./Keene, T./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 113)
kangkum	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 37)
kangkun	Chamorro	Guam Island	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
kangkung	Chamorro	Guam Island	? (0)
kangum	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	? (0)
kankan	Chamorro	Guam Island	Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (0)
kankum	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	? (0)
kapisi vai	Samoan	American Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 170)	More commonly applied to Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
kapisi vai	Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 170)	More commonly applied to Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
karamua	Hindi	Fiji Islands	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
liseron d'eau	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
lorenzo	Nauruan	Nauru Island	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 116)
luve ni tombithi	Fijian	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
morning glory	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
ndrinikava	Fijian	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
ota karisa	Fijian	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
ota karisi	Fijian	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
patate aquatique	French	?	Porcher, Michel H. (2013)
patate d'eau	French	?	Heine, Heino (1984) (p. 65)
phak bung	Thai	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
pink convolvulus	English	?	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)
potato-vine	English	?	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)
rukau taviri	Maori (Cook Islands)	Rarotonga Island	McCormack, Gerald (2013)	?
seeri	Chuukese	Chuuk Islands	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
seri	Chuukese	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 56)
seri	Chuukese	Weno (Moen) Island	Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1949)
swamp cabbage	English	?	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 555)
swamp morning-glory	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
te kang kong	I-Kiribati	Kiribati (Republic of)	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
te ruku	I-Kiribati	Kiribati (Republic of)	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 34)
ung ts'oi	English	?	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 83)
ung-choi	English	?	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 84)
wa kumala	Fijian	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
water convolvulus	English	?	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
water morning-glory	English	?	Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 80)
water spinach	English	?	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
weng cai	Chinese	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
y&333;-sai	Japanese	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	Guam Island	cancon	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 491)
Chamorro	Guam Island	kangkun	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
Chamorro	Guam Island	kangkung	? (0)
Chamorro	Guam Island	kankan	Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (0)
Chinese	?	weng cai	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
Chuukese	Chuuk Islands	aseri	? (0)
Chuukese	Chuuk Islands	seeri	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
Chuukese	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	seri	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 56)
Chuukese	Weno (Moen) Island	seri	Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1949)
English	?	Chinese water spinach	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	?	creeping swamp morning glory	Haselwood, E. L./Motter, G. G. (1983) (p. 308)
English	?	kang kong	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 83)
English	?	morning glory	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
English	?	pink convolvulus	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)
English	?	potato-vine	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)
English	?	swamp cabbage	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 555)
English	?	swamp morning-glory	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	?	ung ts'oi	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 83)
English	?	ung-choi	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 84)
English	?	water convolvulus	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
English	?	water morning-glory	Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 80)
English	?	water spinach	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
Fijian	Fiji Islands	luve ni tombithi	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fijian	Fiji Islands	ndrinikava	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fijian	Fiji Islands	ota karisa	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fijian	Fiji Islands	ota karisi	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fijian	Fiji Islands	wa kumala	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
French	?	liseron d'eau	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	?	patate aquatique	Porcher, Michel H. (2013)
French	?	patate d'eau	Heine, Heino (1984) (p. 65)
Hindi	Fiji Islands	karamua	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
I-Kiribati	Kiribati (Republic of)	te kang kong	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
I-Kiribati	Kiribati (Republic of)	te ruku	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 34)
Japanese	?	y&333;-sai	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Rarotonga Island	rukau taviri	McCormack, Gerald (2013)	?
Nauruan	Nauru Island	lorenzo	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 116)
Other	New Caledonia Islands	kang koung	Heine, Heino (1984) (p. 65)
Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	kangkum	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 37)
Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	kangum	? (0)
Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	kankum	? (0)
Pohnpeian	Pohnpei Island	kangkong	Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 80)
Samoan	American Samoa Islands	kapisi vai	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 170)	More commonly applied to Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	kapisi vai	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 170)	More commonly applied to Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Spanish	?	espinaca acuática	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Thai	?	phak bung	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Ulithian	Ulithi Atoll	kangkong	? (0)
Yapese	Yap (Waqab) Island	kangking	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
Yapese	Yap (Waqab) Island	kangkong	Merlin, M./Kigfas, A./Keene, T./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 113)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	Chinese	weng cai	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
?	English	Chinese water spinach	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	English	creeping swamp morning glory	Haselwood, E. L./Motter, G. G. (1983) (p. 308)
?	English	kang kong	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 83)
?	English	morning glory	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
?	English	pink convolvulus	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)
?	English	potato-vine	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)
?	English	swamp cabbage	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 555)
?	English	swamp morning-glory	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	English	ung ts'oi	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 83)
?	English	ung-choi	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 84)
?	English	water convolvulus	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
?	English	water morning-glory	Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 80)
?	English	water spinach	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
?	French	liseron d'eau	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	French	patate aquatique	Porcher, Michel H. (2013)
?	French	patate d'eau	Heine, Heino (1984) (p. 65)
?	Japanese	y&333;-sai	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Spanish	espinaca acuática	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Thai	phak bung	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
American Samoa Islands	Samoan	kapisi vai	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 170)	More commonly applied to Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Chuuk Islands	Chuukese	aseri	? (0)
Chuuk Islands	Chuukese	seeri	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
Fiji Islands	Fijian	luve ni tombithi	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fiji Islands	Fijian	ndrinikava	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fiji Islands	Fijian	ota karisa	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fiji Islands	Fijian	ota karisi	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fiji Islands	Fijian	wa kumala	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fiji Islands	Hindi	karamua	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
Guam Island	Chamorro	cancon	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 491)
Guam Island	Chamorro	kangkun	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
Guam Island	Chamorro	kangkung	? (0)
Guam Island	Chamorro	kankan	Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (0)
Kiribati (Republic of)	I-Kiribati	te kang kong	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
Kiribati (Republic of)	I-Kiribati	te ruku	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 34)
Nauru Island	Nauruan	lorenzo	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 116)
New Caledonia Islands	Other	kang koung	Heine, Heino (1984) (p. 65)
Palau Islands (main island group)	Palauan	kangkum	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 37)
Palau Islands (main island group)	Palauan	kangum	? (0)
Palau Islands (main island group)	Palauan	kankum	? (0)
Pohnpei Island	Pohnpeian	kangkong	Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 80)
Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Chuukese	seri	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 56)
Rarotonga Island	Maori (Cook Islands)	rukau taviri	McCormack, Gerald (2013)	?
Ulithi Atoll	Ulithian	kangkong	? (0)
Weno (Moen) Island	Chuukese	seri	Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1949)
Western Samoa Islands	Samoan	kapisi vai	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 170)	More commonly applied to Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Yap (Waqab) Island	Yapese	kangking	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
Yap (Waqab) Island	Yapese	kangkong	Merlin, M./Kigfas, A./Keene, T./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 113)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	cancon	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 491)
Chamorro	kangkun	Guam Island	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
Chamorro	kangkung	Guam Island	? (0)
Chamorro	kankan	Guam Island	Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (0)
Chinese	weng cai	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
Chuukese	aseri	Chuuk Islands	? (0)
Chuukese	seeri	Chuuk Islands	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
Chuukese	seri	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 56)
Chuukese	seri	Weno (Moen) Island	Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1949)
English	Chinese water spinach	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	creeping swamp morning glory	?	Haselwood, E. L./Motter, G. G. (1983) (p. 308)
English	kang kong	?	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 83)
English	morning glory	?	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
English	pink convolvulus	?	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)
English	potato-vine	?	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)
English	swamp cabbage	?	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 555)
English	swamp morning-glory	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	ung ts'oi	?	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 83)
English	ung-choi	?	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 84)
English	water convolvulus	?	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
English	water morning-glory	?	Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 80)
English	water spinach	?	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
Fijian	luve ni tombithi	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fijian	ndrinikava	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fijian	ota karisa	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fijian	ota karisi	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
Fijian	wa kumala	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 59)
French	liseron d'eau	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	patate aquatique	?	Porcher, Michel H. (2013)
French	patate d'eau	?	Heine, Heino (1984) (p. 65)
Hindi	karamua	Fiji Islands	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
I-Kiribati	te kang kong	Kiribati (Republic of)	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
I-Kiribati	te ruku	Kiribati (Republic of)	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 34)
Japanese	y&333;-sai	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Maori (Cook Islands)	rukau taviri	Rarotonga Island	McCormack, Gerald (2013)	?
Nauruan	lorenzo	Nauru Island	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 116)
Other	kang koung	New Caledonia Islands	Heine, Heino (1984) (p. 65)
Palauan	kangkum	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 37)
Palauan	kangum	Palau Islands (main island group)	? (0)
Palauan	kankum	Palau Islands (main island group)	? (0)
Pohnpeian	kangkong	Pohnpei Island	Herrera, Katherine/Lorence, David H./Flynn, Timothy/Balick, Michael J. (2010) (p. 80)
Samoan	kapisi vai	American Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 170)	More commonly applied to Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Samoan	kapisi vai	Western Samoa Islands	Whistler, W. A. (2000) (p. 170)	More commonly applied to Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Spanish	espinaca acuática	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Thai	phak bung	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Ulithian	kangkong	Ulithi Atoll	? (0)
Yapese	kangking	Yap (Waqab) Island	Stemmermann, Lani (1981) (p. 82)
Yapese	kangkong	Yap (Waqab) Island	Merlin, M./Kigfas, A./Keene, T./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 113)

This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 26 Feb 2019 by PIER.