Merremia vitifolia
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa & more
- Flowering
- July-April
How to identify Merremia vitifolia
Identify Merremia vitifolia 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: Grape-vine-shaped leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Palmately lobed (hand-like), grape-like.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Convolvulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Merremia vitifolia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Merremia vitifolia
- Genus
- Merremia
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Degraded forest areas and also in plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indo-China, China, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Palmately lobed (hand-like), grape-likerecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Merremia vitifolia 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 Merremia vitifolia itself; the rest are typical of the Convolvulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- হলুদ কলমি
- Malayalam
- വലിയ വയറവള്ളി
About Merremia vitifolia
Merremia vitifolia belongs to the Convolvulaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa and 3 other states. It grows in degraded forest areas and also in plains. Flowering and fruiting run from July to April.
Convolvulaceae
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Merremia vitifolia belongs to the Convolvulaceae family.
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