Morning Glory Greens; Water Morning Glory; Water Convolvulus

The hollow stems and long tender leaves of Ipomoea aquatica are chopped and stir-fried all over Southeast Asia, for the plant grows wild in ditches and ponds, so it’s widely available. Sometimes in Burma small pieces of stem and leaf are part of the vegetable plate, either steamed or raw. In Burmese the vegetable is called gazun ywet; in Thai, pak boong; and in Vietnamese, rau muong. The version sold in Asian grocery stores in North America is a slightly tougher Chinese variety that needs less watery growing conditions.