This guide gathers the 64 kinds of vines and climbers recorded within about 25 km of the village, most of them on iNaturalist. Growth form, habitat and native status come from CONABIO (Enciclovida), Kew (WCVP) and regional floras. Tap a photo for the species page.
In flower in
Plants on this page usually seen in flower this month, from iNaturalist records in Mexico.
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Know before you touch
These plants on this page are poisonous or harmful. Each one links to its warnings in the medicinal plants guide.
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How many flower each month
Number of species on this page seen in flower each month (47 with enough records). Red bar: this month.
64 species
Every species
Months in flower (January to December), from iNaturalist records in MexicoMedicinal documented usesEdible documented food uses⚠ poisonous or harmful
Beach and dunes (3)
Rivers and wet ground (1)
Dry forest (23)
Roadsides and open ground (12)
Gardens, yards and streets (7)
Habitat not recorded (18)
Each species appears once, under the first habitat the sources record for it. Photos are from iNaturalist under their licenses.
Photo credits (64, iNaturalist)
- Antigonon flavescens (Antigonon flavescens): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Aristolochia tentaculata (Aristolochia tentaculata): ursinastuder, CC-BY-NC
- Beach Morning Glory (Ipomoea pes-caprae): viridelao, CC-BY-NC
- Beach morning-glory (Ipomoea imperati): pcarreyes, CC-BY-NC
- Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia): jwagner1960, CC-BY-NC
- Blue Pea (Clitoria ternatea): valjala81, CC-BY-NC
- Brazilian morning-glory (Ipomoea setosa): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Callingcard vine (Entada polystachia): javiperezsoza, CC-BY-NC
- Centrosema plumieri (Centrosema plumieri): robertomartinez97, CC-BY-NC
- Combretum farinosum (Combretum farinosum): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Combretum fruticosum (Combretum fruticosum): javiperezsoza, CC-BY-NC
- Coral Vine (Antigonon leptopus): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Cypress Vine (Ipomoea quamoclit): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Egyptian woodrose (Distimake aegyptius): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Golden Trumpet (Allamanda cathartica): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Gonolobus niger (Gonolobus niger): marumg, CC-BY-NC-SA, elsewhere in Mexico
- Gronovia scandens (Gronovia scandens): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Ipomoea bracteata (Ipomoea bracteata): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Ipomoea crinicalyx (Ipomoea crinicalyx): nival, CC-BY-NC
- Ipomoea meyeri (Ipomoea meyeri): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Ipomoea microsepala (Ipomoea microsepala): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Ipomoea minutiflora (Ipomoea minutiflora): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Ipomoea populina (Ipomoea populina): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Japanese morning glory (Ipomoea nil): soulbiol, CC-BY-NC
- Jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Littlebell (Ipomoea triloba): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Moonflower (Ipomoea alba): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Muskmelon (Cucumis melo): daniel_brito, CC-BY-NC
- Operculina pinnatifida (Operculina pinnatifida): chasemathey, CC-BY
- Operculina pteripes (Operculina pteripes): fercho13947, CC-BY-NC
- Passiflora hibiscifolia (Passiflora hibiscifolia): mora17918, CC-BY-NC
- Passiflora viridiflora (Passiflora viridiflora): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Possum grape (Cissus verticillata): carlos2, CC-BY-NC, elsewhere in Mexico
- Purple Bush-Bean (Macroptilium atropurpureum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Rock Rosemary (Distimake quinquefolius): deneb16, CC-BY-NC
- Rubber Vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora): olivia_v, CC-BY-NC
- Scarlet creeper (Ipomoea hederifolia): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Schizocarpum parviflorum (Schizocarpum parviflorum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Sentro (Centrosema pubescens): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Skyblue Clustervine (Jacquemontia pentanthos): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Sponge Gourd (Luffa aegyptiaca): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Stinking Passionflower (Passiflora foetida): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas): dale_denham_logsdon, CC-BY-NC
- Threefork morning glory (Ipomoea trifida): robertomartinez97, CC-BY-NC
- Tripleleaf morning-glory (Ipomoea ternifolia): biophylia, CC-BY-NC
- White twinevine (Funastrum clausum): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Yellow merremia (Camonea umbellata): zihuadean, CC-BY-NC
- Bread and cheese (Paullinia pinnata): ananuno, CC0, elsewhere in Mexico
- Rosary snoutbean (Rhynchosia precatoria): uriostegui, CC-BY-NC
- Sponge cucumber (Luffa operculata): monserrat_co, CC-BY-NC, elsewhere in Mexico
- Ampelocissus acapulcensis (Ampelocissus acapulcensis): juanbgodoy9, CC-BY-NC
- Forsteronia spicata (Forsteronia spicata): vicsteinmann, CC-BY-NC
- Laubertia contorta (Laubertia contorta): soulbiol, CC-BY-NC
- Macroptilium longepedunculatum (Macroptilium longepedunculatum): vicsteinmann, CC-BY-NC
- Ruehssia callosa (Ruehssia callosa): javiperezsoza, CC-BY-NC
- Solanum refractum (Solanum refractum): marumg, CC-BY-NC-SA
- Mexican Sour Gherkin (Melothria scabra): karlos_osorio, CC-BY-NC
- Aniseia martinicensis (Aniseia martinicensis): javaro, CC-BY-NC
- Cayaponia attenuata (Cayaponia attenuata): monserrat_co, CC-BY-NC, elsewhere in Mexico
- Ibervillea fusiformis (Ibervillea fusiformis): marumg, CC-BY-NC-SA
- Ipomoea pruinosa (Ipomoea pruinosa): nachotorres, CC-BY-NC
- Passiflora transversa (Passiflora transversa): robertomartinez97, CC-BY-NC
- Tetracera portobellensis (Tetracera portobellensis): alexiz, CC-BY, elsewhere in Mexico
- West Indian Gherkin (Cucumis anguria): enviroken, CC-BY-NC