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<big>''[[Merremia aegyptia]]'' (L.) Urb.</big>
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:Protologue: Symb. Antill. 4: 505 (1910).
== Synonyms ==
*''Merremia pentaphylla'' (L.) Hallier f. (1893).
== Vernacular names ==
*Hairy woodrose (En). *Corda de viola, jetirana, mata me embora, batatão roxo (Po).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
The stems are used for binding, for instance for frames in house building in Ghana. Some stock graze on the plant but horses do not. ''Merremia aegyptia'' causes diarrhoea in small stock when large quantities are eaten. In Nigeria the dried leaves are used as a dressing for burns.
== Properties ==
''Merremia'' comprises about 80 species, widely spread in the tropics. In tropical Africa about 32 species occur with several of them introduced as ornamentals or accidentally as weeds.
== Ecology ==
''Merremia aegyptia'' occurs from sea-level up to 1500 m altitude. It is found in riverine vegetation, grassland, open deciduous woodland, ''Combretum''- ''Terminalia'' woodland, open forest and as a weed in cultivated land.
== Genetic resources ==
== Author(s) ==
* C.H. Bosch , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
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