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Merremia dissecta
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hall.f. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 928(652). 1923; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 268. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 317. 1994; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 345. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 478. 2009.
Convolvulus dissectus Jacq., Obs. Bot. 2: 4. 28. 1767.
Ipomoea sinuata Ortega, Hort. Matr. Dec. 7: 84. 1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 214. 1883.
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Description:
Vines; the stems herbaceous, sparsely hirsute to glabrous. Leaves alternate, palmately divided almost to the base, the 7-9 lobes sinuate-dentate, usually glabrous, the entire leaf suborbicular in outline. Inflorescence axillary, 1-to few-flowered, cymose, the peduncles 5-10 cm long, hirsute, glabrescent on the upper portion. Pedicels 1.5-2 cm long, thickened toward the apex, glabrous. Sepals oblong, 18-25 mm long, mucronate, glabrous. Corolla 3-4.5 cm long, white with a purple centre, broadly campanulate. Fruits capsular, depressed-globose, 1-2 cm in diameter, subtended and partially surrounded by the accrescent calyx; seeds black, subrotund, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Coastal areas and waste lands
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America; now in Sri Lanka, India and Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Adoor, Alleppey town
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