Mochukkodi / Egyptian Day Glory
Merremia aegyptia
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering
- August-February
How to identify Mochukkodi
Identify Mochukkodi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Densely hairy divided leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Palmately lobed (hand-like), hairy.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Jammu & Kashmir.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Mochukkodi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Merremia aegyptia
- Genus
- Merremia
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Wastelands and plains
- Habitat type
- Wasteland
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Palmately lobed (hand-like), hairyrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mochukkodi itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mochukkodi itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Mochukkodi
About Mochukkodi
Egyptian Day Glory (Merremia aegyptia) belongs to the Convolvulaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Jammu & Kashmir. It grows in wastelands and plains. Flowering and fruiting run from August to February.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Mochukkodi belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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