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. |