Merremia hederacea (Burm.f.) Hallier f.

Family: Convolvulaceae

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Merremia > M. hederacea

Common name [English]: Ivy Woodrose

Vernacular name [Malayalam]:

Nativity: Tropical & Subtropical Old World to Pacific

Habitat: Degraded forests and along bushes and thickets, also in the plains.

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.

Flowering and Fruiting : October-January

Uses: Folk medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

Cultivation : Wild

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org