- 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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