Merremia aegyptia (L.) Urb. - hairy woodrose
Merremia aegyptia (L.) Urb. - hairy woodrose
Merremia aegyptia (L.) Urb. - hairy woodrose
Merremia aegyptia (L.) Urb. - hairy woodrose
MC045 : Merremia aegyptia (L.) Urb. - hairy woodrose
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 334 |
| Synonym | : | Ipomoea aegyptia;
Convolvulus vitifolius;
Distimake aegyptius; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Egyptian Woodrose; Hairy Woodrose; Hairy Morning Glory; Hairy Merremia; Mochukkodi |
| Plant Family | : | Convolvulaceae |
| Description | : | Egyptian Woodrose is a twinning, annual herbs, clothed with long scattered hairs. Leaves are alternate, digitately 5-foliate. Leaflets are 5-10 x 2-5 cm, broadly lanceshaped, tapering. Flowers are borne in few flowered, lax, hairy, raceme-like cymes. Flower-cluster-stalks are 2.5-10 cm long, flower-stalk 1-4 cm long; bracts 6-8 mm long, linear. Sepals are oblong, enlarged in fruits, 3 outer sepals 1.5 x 0.5 cm, ovate-lanceshaped, densely hairy, 2 inner ones slightly shorter, hairless. Flower is 2.5 cm long, funnel-shaped, white. Stamens are 5, filaments hairy. Capsules are 8 mm long, ovoid, papery, covered by silky, silky sepals, 4 celled, 4 valved; seeds 4, hairless, shining. Egyptian Woodrose is found widely in the tropical world. In India it is mainly found in South India. Flowering: December-March. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Jarida |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Solanales |
| Family | : Convolvulaceae - Morning-glory family |
| Genus | : Merremia Dennst. ex. Endl. - woodrose |
| Species | : Merremia aegyptia (L.) Urb. - hairy woodrose |