Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Merremia aegyptia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant causes diarrhoea in small stock when large quantities are eaten^[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual Climber

Growth—

The plant is sometimes grown as an ornamental. It has shattering capsules that disperse the seeds around the parent plant; it often escapes from cultivation and is found naturalized as a weed^[2].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Merremia+aegyptia>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
[2]Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk — http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html ↩︎A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands.
[3]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/