Merremia aegyptia (Linn.) Urban

Common Name : Hairy woodrose.
Family : Convolvulaceae

HABIT

PERENNIAL VINE.

STEMS

TWINING, HERBACEOUS, UP TO 4 M OR MORE LONG, USUALLY REDDISH HIRSUTE WITH LONG, ERECT TO SUBERECT HAIRS.

LEAVES

PALMATELY COMPOUND WITH 5 LEAFLETS, WHICH ARE ELLIPTIC, BOTH SURFACES SPARSELY PUBESCENT TO GLABRATE, MARGINS ENTIRE TO DENTATE, APEX AND BASE ACUMINATE TO ACUTE.

FLOWERS

FLOWERS IN CYMES, USUALLY ON LONG PEDUNCLES, PEDICELS 1-2 CM LONG; CAMPANULATE, 2-3 CM LONG.

FRUITS

CAPSULES TAN TO PALE BROWN, SUBGLOBOSE, 1-2 CM IN DIAMETER, SUBTENDED AND PARTIALLY SURROUNDED BY THE SOMEWHAT ENLARGED CALYX.

SEEDS

TAN, GLABROUS.