Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Merremia umbellata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Merremia umbellata is a perennial climbing plant with herbaceous stems 1 - 3 metres long that scramble over the ground and twine into other plants for support. The stems sometimes become more or less woody, especially near the base, and persist for more than a year[ 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 and medicine. It is often grown as an ornamental, valued especially for its flowers.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical and subtropical areas of Africa, through Asia to New Guinea and Australia; tropical and subtropical America.

HabitatThickets, along edges of forests, in plantations, in grasslands, along fields and roadsides, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,100 metres[ 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. ].