Narrow-Leaved Merremia
Merremia tridentata subsp. tridentata
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- June-April
How to identify Narrow-Leaved Merremia
Identify Narrow-Leaved Merremia by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaf tip with three small teeth.
- Confirm leaf shape: Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-April.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Narrow-Leaved Merremia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Merremia tridentata subsp. tridentata
- Genus
- Merremia
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Mascarene Islands, Tropical Asia to Taiwan
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-April
- Conservation status
- NE
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Sagittate (arrowhead-shaped)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Narrow-Leaved Merremia 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 Narrow-Leaved Merremia itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Narrow-Leaved Merremia
Narrow-leaved Merremia (Merremia tridentata subsp. tridentata) belongs to the Convolvulaceae family, where it grows as a herb. It grows in deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from June to April.
Convolvulaceae
Morning glory family
Narrow-Leaved Merremia belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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