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Merremia tuberosa
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Merremia tuberosa (L.) Rendle in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Africa 4: 104. 1902.
Ipomoea tuberosa L., Sp. Pl. 160. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 213. 18813.
Operculina tuberosa (L.) Meisn. in Mart., Fl. Bras. 7: 212. 1869.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Woodrose
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Description:
Lianas; the stems herbaceous towards the tips, basally woody, glabrous. Leaves orbicular in outline, usually 7-lobed, at times almost to the base, at least to below the middle of the blade, the lobes lanceolate to elliptic, 6-16 cm long, acuminate, entire, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary few-to several-flowered, occasionally solitary, cymose; peduncles 4-20 cm long. Flowers with sepals unequal, the outer oblong, 25-30 mm long, obtuse, mucronate, the inner 12-20 mm long, acute; corolla yellow, campanulate, 5-6 cm long. Fruits capsular but irregularly dehiscent, subglobose, 30-35 mm long, the sepals somewhat accrescent and subtending the fruits; seeds black, densely short tomentose, 16-17 mm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-April
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of tropical America
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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:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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