Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Merremia mammosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Merremia mammosa is a perennial, glabrous twining plant, producing herbaceous stems 3 - 6 metres long from a tuberous rootstock that can be 10 - 25cm long[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of fibre. It has been cultivated for centuries in eastern Malesia, Malaya and the Philippines for its medicinal uses and the edible tubers[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSoutheast Asia - India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia.

HabitatForms tangled masses over thickets, especially along the sides of small streams[ 451 Title Flora Malesiana Series 1 Publication Author Various Website http://www.archive.org Publisher Nationaal Herbarium Nederiand, Universiteit Leiden branch Year 0 ISBN Description A massive treatment of the plants of the Malaysian Archipelago. Much of it has been made available to download from the Internet ].