Habit: Ipomoea nil grows as a pubescent vine to 8 m in height. Leaves arranged alternately, ovate to orbicular, to 15 cm in length, with a lobed margin, an acuminate/mucronate leaf apex and a cordate leaf base.
The complete, perfect, actinomorphic flowers are arranged in cymes/panicles. The calyx has 5 unfused, green sepals. The salverform corolla has 5 fused, blue/purple petals with a whitish center that are slightly enlarged at the base. There are 5 functional stamens fused to the base of the corolla. The superior ovary with 3 locules and numerous ovules. The fruit is a many seeded, pubescent capsule.
Habitat: Ipomoea nil grows in Human Altered environments (yards and gardens).\
Distribution: Ipomoea nil is NOT NATIVE to the Lucayan Archipelago. It is native to Central and South America. It has been spread throughout the world as an ornamental species.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic Usage: Ipomoea nil is not known to be used medicinally in the Lucayan Archipelago.
It is grown as an ornamental.