Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Herb
Merremia emarginata (Burm. fil.) Hall. fil.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Convolvulus excisus Zipp. ex Span. |
synonym | Convolvulus gangeticus L. |
synonym | Convolvulus gangeticus Roxb. |
synonym | Convolvulus reniformis Roxb. |
synonym | Evolvulus emarginatus Burm. fil. |
synonym | Evolvulus glechoma Welw. |
synonym | Ipomoea cymbalaria Fenzl |
synonym | Ipomoea emarginata (Burm. fil.) Kuntze |
synonym | Ipomoea gangetica (Roxb.) Sweet |
synonym | Ipomoea reniformis (Roxb.) Choisy |
synonym | Lepistemon reniformis (Roxb.) Hassk. |
synonym | Lettsomia emarginata (Burm. fil.) Hall. fil. |
synonym | Merremia gangetica (L.) Cufodontis |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Herbaceous, stems prostrate, rooting at the nodes; perennial, sparsely pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves alternate, reniform to broadly ovate, 0.5-3 cm long, often slightly wider, cordate basally with a broadly rounded sinus and rounded basal lobes, obtuse to broadly rounded or somewhat emarginate apically, coarsely crenate or entire, glabrous or sparsely appressed pilose. Inflorescences axillary, solitary or in 2-3-flowered cymose groups. Flowers with very short or apparently absent peduncles. Sepals obovate to orbicular or subquadrate, the outer 2.5-3 mm long, obtuse with a cucullate and distinctly mucronate apex, the inner 3-4(-6) mm long, deeply emarginate, all pubescent on the back and ciliate. Corolla yellow with a paler tube, campanulate, 5-9 mm long. Fruits capsular, subglobose, 5-6 mm long, longitudinally sulcate, glabrous, brownish-black or black; seeds grayish-brown, glabrous, dotted, 2.5 mm long.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Damp places
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Damp places
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Description
Kerala: Kozhikode
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia and Topical Africa
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kozhikkode, Malappuram
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Siddha
Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1419
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1419 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Merremia emarginata (Burm.) Hall.f. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 928(652). 1923.
- Ipomoea reniformis Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 446. 1883; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 206. 1883.
- Evolvulus emarginatus Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 77. t. 30. f. 1. 1768.
- Merremia gangetica (L.) Cufod., Bull. Jard. Bot. Etab. Brux. Suppl. 31: 743. 1961; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 185. 1982.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1419
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Merremia emarginata (Burm.) Hall.f. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 928(652). 1923.
- Ipomoea reniformis Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 446. 1883; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 206. 1883.
- Evolvulus emarginatus Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 77. t. 30. f. 1. 1768.
- Merremia gangetica (L.) Cufod., Bull. Jard. Bot. Etab. Brux. Suppl. 31: 743. 1961; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 185. 1982.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1419
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Solanales |
Family | Convolvulaceae |
Genus | Merremia |
Species | Merremia emarginata |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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