• Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
  (Morning-Glory Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CONVOLVULACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Merremia vitifolia (Burm. f.) Hallier f.
• Vernacular name : Manja vayaravalli, Manja kolambi valli (Malayalam)
• Habit : Climber
• Habitat : Degraded forest areas and also in plains
• Comments / notes : On hills up to 900m.
• Flower, Fruit : July-April
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 27/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0558
• Collection Locality : Barbera forest, Khurda district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district, Mayurbhanj district, Kalhandi district, Angul district, Khurda district, Ganjam district, Puri district, Dhenkanal district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Erode district
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indo-China, China, Malaysia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; 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 vitifolia. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.

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