Merremia hederacea Hall.f.

 
  • Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
    (Morning-Glory Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KALADANA FAMILY (कालादाना फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Convolvulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Convolvulus flavus Willd.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Merremia hederacea (Burm. f.) Hallier f.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Yelikkaadhu thazhai (Tamil)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Often on plains, on thickets by banks of rivers and tanks
  • Key identification features : Climbing herb, sometimes prostrate
  • Flower, Fruit : October-March
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Prakasam district, Krishna district, Chittoor district, Gulemallebad RF, Srisailam Hills (Kurnool district), Guntur district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district
    • Karnataka : Mysuru district, Udupi district
    • Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai-City district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Sambalpur district, Khurda district, Balasore district, Koraput district
    • Tamil Nadu : Villipuram district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, Pennagaram RF (Dharmapuri district)
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Caroline Islands, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liber
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • World Distribution : Old World tropics
  • 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
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Udupi.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 195
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Merremia hederacea. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

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