- Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
(Morning-Glory Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
- Synonym(s) : Batatas pentaphylla L.; Convolvulus aegyptius (L.) L.; Convolvulus pentaphyllus L.; Ipomoea aegyptia L.; Ipomoea pentaphylla Jacq.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Distimake aegyptius (L.) A.R.Simões & Staples
- Common name : Egyptian Day Glory
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- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Wastelands and plains
- Comments / notes : Introduced and naturalised in arid regions
- Flower, Fruit : August-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Guntur district, Krishna district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district
- Punjab : Punjab
- Rajasthan : Churu district
- Native : Angola, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina, Cameroon, Chad, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Galápagos, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Pantropical
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Merremia aegyptia. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.
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