Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

threefork morning glory

Ipomoea trifida

Spanish: Bejuco de Venado

threefork morning glory (Ipomoea trifida)
Photographed by robertomartinezangeles on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Ipomoea trifida is a species of Ipomoea morning glory also known as the threefork morning glory. It is native to the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America. I. trifida is known for being the closest living wild relative to I. batatas, or the common sweet potato, and is believed to have split from this relative at least 800,000 years ago. The roots of this plant are thin and inedible, while the flowers tend to be purple.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Solanales › Convolvulaceae
Local records31 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records1,751 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2025 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Cite as: “threefork morning glory (Ipomoea trifida) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/ipomoea-trifida/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.