Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Climber
Merremia hederacea (Burm. fil.) Hall. fil.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Convolvulus acetosellifolius Desr. |
synonym | Convolvulus biflorus Forssk. |
synonym | Convolvulus chryseides (Ker-Gawl.) Spreng. |
synonym | Convolvulus dentatus Vahl |
synonym | Convolvulus denticulatus Steud. |
synonym | Convolvulus flavus Willd. |
synonym | Convolvulus lapathifolius Spreng. |
synonym | Convolvulus luteolus Wight ex Wall. |
synonym | Convolvulus obdentatus Steud. |
synonym | Convolvulus obtusilobus Michx. |
synonym | Convolvulus repens Sw. |
synonym | Convolvulus rufescens Choisy |
synonym | Convolvulus vahlii Spreng. |
synonym | Evolvulus hederaceus Burm. fil. |
synonym | Ipomoea acetosellifolia (Desr.) Choisy |
synonym | Ipomoea chrysoides Ker-Gawl. |
synonym | Ipomoea chrysotricha var. boliviana Meisn. |
synonym | Ipomoea dentata (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. |
synonym | Ipomoea subtriflora Zoll. & Moritzi |
synonym | Lepistemon glaber Hand.-Mazz. |
synonym | Lepistemon muricatum Span. |
synonym | Merremia chryseides (Ker-Gawl.) Hall. fil. |
synonym | Merremia convolvulacea Dennst. ex Hall. fil. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
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.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Habit: Climbing Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Habit: A profusely branched twiner, to 5m.
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Flower
Solitary, rarely cymose; yellowish with a purple throat. Flowering from December-January.
Fruit
A globose capsule, epicarp thin, irregularly dehiscent; seeds pubescent. Fruiting January onwards.
Field tips
Stamens glandular hairy below.
Leaf Arrangement
Alternate distichous
Leaf Type
Simple-3-lobed
Leaf Shape
Cordiform
Leaf Apex
Acuminate
Leaf Base
Cordate
Leaf Margin
Entire-crenate
Keystone Foundation
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Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Degraded deciduous forests, also in the plains
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Moist places, along river banks, ponds
Degraded forests and along bushes and thickets, also in the plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Odisha, Meghalaya
Local Distribution
Barak Valley
Kerala: Alapuzha, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
Paleotropics
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Occasional on thickets by banks of rivers, and dams from plains to 400m. Old world tropics.
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
Siddha
Traditional chinese medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2816
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2816 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Ipomoea chryseides Ker-Gawl., Bot. Reg. 4: t. 270. 1818; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 206. 1883.
- Evolvulus hederaceus Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 77. t.30. 1768.
- Merremia chryseides (Ker-Gawl.) Hall. f. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 929(652). 1923.
- 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.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2816
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- Ipomoea chryseides Ker-Gawl., Bot. Reg. 4: t. 270. 1818; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 206. 1883.
- Evolvulus hederaceus Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 77. t.30. 1768.
- Merremia chryseides (Ker-Gawl.) Hall. f. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 929(652). 1923.
- 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.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2816
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Solanales |
Family | Convolvulaceae |
Genus | Merremia |
Species | Merremia hederacea |
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