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Merremia hederacea

Botanic Family
Convolvulaceae
Author
(N.L. Burman) H .Hallier

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Herbaceous slender glabrous twiner or prostrate herb with twining or prostrate stems, new growth rusty-pubescent, twisted slightly villous stems with tubercles. Glabrous mucronulate palmately 3-lobed leaves with sinuated edges, lateral lobes serrated 60mm x 50mm villous on nerves, upper surface strigose. Axillary glabrescent 1-few flowered corymbs or umbels to 100mm long with minute bracts to 2mm long, of 12mm yellow flowers & 8mm diameter striped red, calyx to 4mm long, coriaceous 2-3 lobed sepals, 3 external 5mm x 4mm, 2 internal sepals to 6mm x 4.2mm, bright yellow corolla 14mm x 7mm with 5 violet lines. Glabrous verrucose seed capsules to 8mm diameter with 4 longitudinal ribs.

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