• Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
  (Morning-Glory Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CONVOLVULACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.
• Vernacular name : Pradharini, Prasarani, Thalaneeli (Malayalam)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Deciduous forests, also in the plains
• Comments / notes : Most common weed of waste lands.
• Flower, Fruit : June-April
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Balasore district, Kendrapara district, Koraput district, Khurda district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Salem district
• World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Mascarene Islands, Tropical Asia to Taiwan
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Merremia tridentata subsp. tridentata. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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