Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Merremia aegyptia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The plant causes diarrhoea in small stock when large quantities are eaten[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].

Botanical Description

Merremia aegyptia is an annual climbing plant, producing slender stems up to 6 metres long that scramble over the ground or twine into the surrounding vegetation[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and tying material. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 305 Title Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk Publication Author Website http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeProbably originating in tropical America, the plant is widespread throughout the tropics.

HabitatRiverine vegetation, grassland, open deciduous woodland, Combretum-Terminalia woodland, open forest and as a weed in cultivated land; at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].