- 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 IPNI) : Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.
- Vernacular name :
- Pradharini, Prasarani, Thalaneeli (Malayalam)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical moist 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
- Karnataka : Vijayapura (Bijapur) district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Raigad district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district
- Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Balasore district, Kendrapara district, Koraput district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Salem district
- Assam : Assam
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Islands, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Comoros, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Caroline Islands, Central African Repu, Chad, China, Christmas Island, Comoros, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Hainan, India, Ivory Coast, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Mali, Maluku, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Philippines, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- 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.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Merremia tridentata subsp. tridentata. Downloaded on 2 December 2024.
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