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Merremia hederacea
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Merremia hederacea (Burm. f.) Hall. f. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 118. 1893; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 186. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 247. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 305. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 268. 1989; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 311. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 457. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 269. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 209. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 345. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 478. 2009.
Evolvulus hederaceus Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 77. t.30. 1768.
Ipomoea chryseides Ker-Gawl., Bot. Reg. 4: t. 270. 1818; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 206. 1883.
Merremia chryseides (Ker-Gawl.) Hall. f. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 929(652). 1923.
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Description:
Prostrate or twining herbs; stem often warty. Leaves 2-4 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate, rarely 3-lobed, base cordate, apex acuminate-apiculate, glabrous or sparsely pubescent; petiole 1-2 cm long. Cymes many-flowered, axillary; peduncle 2-4 cm long. Sepals unequal, obovate, notched and mucronulate, outer c. 3 mm long, inner c. 4 mm long. Corolla yellow, campanulate, c. 1.3 cm across. Capsule c. 5 mm long, obconical, slightly 4-lobed. Seeds black, glabrous or puberulent.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forests and along bushes and thickets, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Pamba, Padippara, Arampa, Muzhapplangad, Payyanur, Payyavur, Anamari, Kavalam
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