Merremia umbellata Hallier F.

Hogvine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Merremia

Characteristics

Vines; stems herbaceous, glabrate. Leaves entire, narrowly triangular to broadly ovate, mostly long-acuminate, basally truncate, cordate to hastate, densely pubescent to glabrous. Flowers in umbelliform inflorescences; sepals oblong, 6-8 mm long, rounded apically, the margins scarious, glabrous or pubescent; corollas yellow, 3-3.5 cm long. Fruits capsular, 8 mm in diameter; seeds dark brown, densely pubescent with short trichomes.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.5
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Thickets, along edges of forests, in plantations, in grasslands, along fields and roadsides, at elevations from sea-level up to 1,100 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Alterative (unspecified), Aperient (unspecified), Burn (unspecified), Fistula (unspecified), Hematuria (unspecified), Scald (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Pustule (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Merremia umbellata unspecified picture

Distribution

Merremia umbellata world distribution map, present in Panama and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157732-2
WFO ID wfo-0001297308
COL ID 3ZWNG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 447098
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Merremia umbellata Ipomoea cymosa Convolvulus caracasanus Ipomoea polyanthes Merremia umbellata var. occidentalis Merremia umbellata subsp. umbellata