• Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
  (MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Convolvulaceae
• Species : Merremia hederacea
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Merremia hederacea (Burm. f.) Hallier f.
• Vernacular name : Yelikkaadhu thazhai (Tam.)
• Habit : Climber
• Flower, Fruit : October-March
• Native : India
• Comments : Often on plains, on thickets by banks of rivers, tanks etc.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Gingee Hills (Villupuram district), Kanchipuram district (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Krishna district, East Godavari district, Kadapa district, Prakasham district, Kurnool district (Andhra Pradesh State); Ganjam district, Sambalpur district, Cuttack district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : Old World tropics
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Merremia hederacea. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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