{"id":1332666,"date":"2013-08-23T05:03:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T05:03:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:36:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:06:16","slug":"merremia-cissoides","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/merremia-cissoides\/","title":{"rendered":"Merremia cissoides"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Merremia<\/i> cissoides<\/i> (Lam.) Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 552 1893<\/i>. (Syn: Batatas<\/i> cissoides<\/i> (Lam.) Choisy<\/font><\/a>; Convolvulus<\/i> calycinus<\/i> Kunth<\/font><\/a>; Convolvulus<\/i> cissoides<\/i> Lam.<\/font><\/a>; Convolvulus<\/i> oronocensis<\/i> Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.<\/font><\/a>; Convolvulus<\/i> riparius<\/i> Kunth<\/font><\/a>; Ipomoea<\/i> cissoides<\/i> (Lam.) Griseb.<\/font><\/a>; Ipomoea<\/i> cissoides<\/i> f. viscidula<\/i> Meisn.<\/font><\/a>; Pharbitis<\/i> cissoides<\/i> (Lam.) Peter<\/font><\/a>);<\/span>\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Slender, herbaceous, twiners; perennates from a woody rootstock, glandular pubescent. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate to suborbicular in outline, compound, usually with 5 leaflets, the leaflets ovate to ovate-lanceolate, basally acute to obtuse, apically long-acuminate, the middle leaflet largest, (2-)3-5 cm long, the other leaflets shorter, the margins dentate, covered with scattered glandular trichomes. Inflorescences axillary, flowers solitary or in 2-3 flowered cymes, the peduncles 2-4 cm long, glandular. Flowers on glandular pubescent pedicels 2-3 cm long. Sepals broadly rhomboid-ovate to ovate, the body 5-7 mm long, with a 7-10 mm long acuminate apex, with spreading whitish-yellow trichomes and glandular indument. Corolla white, campanulate, 1.5-2 cm long. Fruits capsular, globose, 6-7 mm long, light brown, glabrous; seeds subrotund, dark brown to black, glabrous, 2-3 mm long. <\/font><\/span><\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: August-January<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
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Distribution notes: Exotic<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
Native of Tropical America, later recorded from Africa and Sri Lanka<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
(From India Biodiversity Portal<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi<\/font><\/a>\u00a0)<\/div>\n

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identification of a member of convolvulaceae requested<\/a> : Attachments<\/span> (1<\/span>). 4 posts by 3 authors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
It is an annual hispid, gregarious vine, found in hedges<\/font>, in Nellore district<\/font>. flowers solitary or in simple cymes, about 2-3 cm long, opens in morning closes by noon. fruit a 4 lobed, capsule with one seed in each lobe.<\/font> Is it Ipomoea<\/i> or Merremia<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n
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It resembles Merremia cissoides<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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it is Merremia cissiodes<\/i>, i accept it.<\/p>\n

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09012013 BRS 431:<\/a> Pl. find the attached file contain photos for id. request.
Location: Pichandikulam, Vilupuram Dist.,
<\/font>Date:01.01.2013
Habitat: garden
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Some Ipomoea<\/i> sp (Convolvulaceae<\/i>)?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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<\/span>It appears to be Merremia cissoides<\/i><\/font> (Lam.) Hallier f.<\/font><\/a>\u00a0as per images herein.<\/p>\n

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Yes it is Merremia cissoides<\/i><\/p>\n

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The Plant List<\/a> \u00a0<\/span>GRIN<\/a> \u00a0JSTOR\u00a0(Specimen)<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Convolvulaceae Unlimited<\/a>\u00a0 Dave’s Garden<\/a> <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Merremia cissoides (Lam.) Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 552 1893. (Syn: Batatas cissoides (Lam.) Choisy; Convolvulus calycinus Kunth; Convolvulus cissoides Lam.; Convolvulus oronocensis Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Convolvulus riparius Kunth; Ipomoea cissoides (Lam.) Griseb.; Ipomoea cissoides f. viscidula Meisn.; Pharbitis cissoides (Lam.) Peter);\u00a0 \u00a0 Slender, herbaceous, twiners;…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5071],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1332666","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-merremia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1332666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1332666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1332666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1332666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1332666"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1332666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}