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Merremia hirta

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Merrill, Philippi

Common Names

• Mao shan zhu cai (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Bangladesh
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Taiwan
• Yunnan - China
• India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Malacca
• Pahang
• Perak
• Perlis - Malaysia
• Myanmar
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Solomon Islands
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Grassland
• thickets
• forest margins
• disturbed areas
• coastal

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous pilose or glabrous slender twiner or prostrate vine with glabrous or hirsute stems. Glabrous mucronulate leaves 70mm x 30mm. Axillary racemes, corymbs or cymes with bracteoles to 10mm, of 20mm long pale yellow or white bell-shaped flowers, exterior sepals 4mm long, interior sepals 6mm x 2mm,primrose yellow corolla to 20mm x 20mm. Papery glabrous seed capsule to 7mm diameter.

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• NYBG
• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• FA
• FS
• Botanicus
• F indochine
• FOMP
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS
• Kew