• 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 Plant List) : 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
  • 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)
• Native : India
• 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.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Merremia hederacea. Downloaded on 2 May 2024.

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