Hemali / Ivy-Like Merremia
Merremia hederacea
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- October-March
How to identify Hemali
Identify Hemali 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.
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate (heart-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hemali.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Merremia hederacea
- Genus
- Merremia
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- Old World tropics
- Found in India
- Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Gujarat, Odisha, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Cordate (heart-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hemali itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hemali itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- হলুদ কলমি
- Tamil
- எலிக்காதுதூலை Elikkatutalai
- Marathi
- हेमाली Hemali
About Hemali
Ivy-Like Merremia (Merremia hederacea) is a climber in the Convolvulaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and 15 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Hemali belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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