Convolvulus flavus Willd.

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (MORNING-GLORY FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Convolvulaceae
  • Species : Convolvulus flavus
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Merremia hederacea (Burm. f.) Hallier f.
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Key identification features : Climbing herb, sometimes prostrate, stem terete, puberulous to slighlty villous. Leaves simple, triangular, apically narrow, acute to acuminate. Flowers are axillary, 1-5-flowered cymes, yellowish to creamish-white, peduncle long and rusty-pubescent. Capsule globose, glabrous with fruiting calyx enlarged.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Flower, Fruit : October-May
  • Native : India
  • Comments : Frequent in forest edges and ghats of southern Eastern Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Coimbatore district (Tamil Nadu State)
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
  • 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=Convolvulus flavus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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