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Merremia vitifolia
Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Merremia vitifolia

Merremia vitifolia

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

The hairs on the leaves can cause irritation[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitPerennial Climber
Growth—

A plant of tropical and subtropical regions, growing both in areas that are with or without a strong dry season[2].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
  2. [2]Flora Malesiana Series 1 — Various · Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch · http://www.archive.org ↩︎A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet
  3. [3]Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). — Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. · Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. · 1986 · ISBN - ↩︎Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader.