Ipomoea arborescens is found from Sonora and Chihuahua south to Veracruz and Oaxaca, Mexico.

[2] Rapidly growing tree, up to two or three meters per year, up from 3 to 15m tall with a trunk diameter of 50 cm.

The stems are usually tomentose when young, after the third year glabrescent, the trichomes are usually twisted and 0.1 to 0.25 mm long.

The flower can have either globose or elongated fruit capsule, which is narrowly ovate and contains four dark reddish-brown seeds.

Flowers of I. arborescens are major nectar sources for lesser long nosed bats, hummingbirds, and bees.

[2] If contact is made with the fungi Fusarium oxysporum, stem rot disease can easily occur in humid conditions.

When there are high levels of moisture or irrigation, the fungi releases spores that cause the plant to swell, damaging its vascular system.