page_title: Ipomoea alba
section_title: Historical use
hierarchical_section_title: Ipomoea alba / Historical use
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Ipomea alba, , samenEnglish&#x3a;&#32; Ipomea alba, , seedsFrançais&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Ipomea alba, ipomée blanche, graines
context_page_description: Ipomoea alba, sometimes called the tropical white morning-glory or moonflower or moon vine, is a species of night-blooming morning glory, native to tropical and subtropical regions of North and South America, from Argentina to northern Mexico, Florida and Puerto Rico. Though formerly classified as genus Calonyction, species aculeatum, it is now properly assigned to genus Ipomoea, subgenus Quamoclit, section Calonyction.
context_section_description: The Mesoamerican civilizations used the Ipomoea alba morning glory to convert the latex from the Castilla elastica tree to produce bouncing rubber balls. The sulfur in this morning glory served to cross-link the rubber, a process predating Charles Goodyear's discovery of vulcanization by at least 3,000 years.
caption: Ipomoea alba - MHNT
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