Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Merremia dissecta

Edibility

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Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

Reports from India suggest that the plant is poisonous to cattle^[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial Climber

Growth—

The plant is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental. It has often escaped from cultivation and become naturalized, spreading by means such as shattering capsules that disperse seeds around the parent plant; plants spreading by rooting at nodes; and fragmentation^{[2, 1, 3]}.

Propagation

Seed - germinates within one week^[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Merremia+dissecta>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
[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]Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants — http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/cd-keys/rfk/index.html ↩︎An online resource giving botanical information, and a little bit about plant usage, for over 2,700 species of plants found in the Australian rainforest.
[4]Medicinal Plants of the Guianas — DeFilipps, R. A.; Maina, S. L.; & Crepin, J. · Smithsonian Museum · http://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html ↩︎A down-loadable PDF document of a book in pre-publication awaiting illustration. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region