Ipomoea aquatica: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
aquatic morning glory	English	?	? (0)
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. (2009)
creeping swamp morning glory	English	?	Haselwood, E. L./Motter, G. G. (1983) (p. 308)
espinaca acuática	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
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	? (0)
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	? (0)
kangkung	Chamorro	Guam Island	? (0)
kangum	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	? (0)
kankan	Chamorro	Guam Island	? (0)
kankum	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	? (0)
karamua	Hindi	Fiji Islands	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
kongkong	Yapese	Yap (Waqab) Island	? (0)
lili vai	Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	? (0)
liseron d'eau	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
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	?	? (0)
patate d'eau	French	?	Heine, Heino (1984) (p. 65)
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 (2008)	?
seeri	Chuukese	Chuuk Islands	? (0)
seri	Chuukese	Chuuk Islands	? (0)
seri	Chuukese	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 56)
swamp cabbage	English	?	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 555)
swamp morningglory	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
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 spinach	English	?	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
yosai	Japanese	?	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)

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	? (0)
Chamorro	Guam Island	kangkung	? (0)
Chamorro	Guam Island	kankan	? (0)
Chuukese	Chuuk Islands	aseri	? (0)
Chuukese	Chuuk Islands	seeri	? (0)
Chuukese	Chuuk Islands	seri	? (0)
Chuukese	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	seri	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 56)
English	?	aquatic morning glory	? (0)
English	?	Chinese water spinach	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
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 morningglory	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
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 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. (2009)
French	?	patate aquatique	? (0)
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	?	yosai	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Rarotonga Island	rukau taviri	McCormack, Gerald (2008)	?
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)
Samoan	Western Samoa Islands	lili vai	? (0)
Spanish	?	espinaca acuática	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
Ulithian	Ulithi Atoll	kangkong	? (0)
Yapese	Yap (Waqab) Island	kangking	? (0)
Yapese	Yap (Waqab) Island	kangkong	Merlin, M./Kigfas, A./Keene, T./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 113)
Yapese	Yap (Waqab) Island	kongkong	? (0)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	English	aquatic morning glory	? (0)
?	English	Chinese water spinach	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
?	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 morningglory	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
?	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 spinach	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 29)
?	French	liseron d'eau	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
?	French	patate aquatique	? (0)
?	French	patate d'eau	Heine, Heino (1984) (p. 65)
?	Japanese	yosai	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)
?	Spanish	espinaca acuática	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
Chuuk Islands	Chuukese	aseri	? (0)
Chuuk Islands	Chuukese	seeri	? (0)
Chuuk Islands	Chuukese	seri	? (0)
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	? (0)
Guam Island	Chamorro	kangkung	? (0)
Guam Island	Chamorro	kankan	? (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)
Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Chuukese	seri	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 56)
Rarotonga Island	Maori (Cook Islands)	rukau taviri	McCormack, Gerald (2008)	?
Ulithi Atoll	Ulithian	kangkong	? (0)
Western Samoa Islands	Samoan	lili vai	? (0)
Yap (Waqab) Island	Yapese	kangking	? (0)
Yap (Waqab) Island	Yapese	kangkong	Merlin, M./Kigfas, A./Keene, T./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 113)
Yap (Waqab) Island	Yapese	kongkong	? (0)

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	? (0)
Chamorro	kangkung	Guam Island	? (0)
Chamorro	kankan	Guam Island	? (0)
Chuukese	aseri	Chuuk Islands	? (0)
Chuukese	seeri	Chuuk Islands	? (0)
Chuukese	seri	Chuuk Islands	? (0)
Chuukese	seri	Puluwat (Pwonowót) Atoll	Manner, H. I./Mallon, E. (1989) (p. 56)
English	aquatic morning glory	?	? (0)
English	Chinese water spinach	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
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 morningglory	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
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 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. (2009)
French	patate aquatique	?	? (0)
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	yosai	?	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 417)
Maori (Cook Islands)	rukau taviri	Rarotonga Island	McCormack, Gerald (2008)	?
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)
Samoan	lili vai	Western Samoa Islands	? (0)
Spanish	espinaca acuática	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2009)
Ulithian	kangkong	Ulithi Atoll	? (0)
Yapese	kangking	Yap (Waqab) Island	? (0)
Yapese	kangkong	Yap (Waqab) Island	Merlin, M./Kigfas, A./Keene, T./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 113)
Yapese	kongkong	Yap (Waqab) Island	? (0)

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