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Merremia emarginata (PROSEA)

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<big>''[[Merremia emarginata]]'' (Burm.f.) Hallier f.</big>
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:Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. 16(4-5): 552 (1893).
 
:Family: Convolvulaceae
== Synonyms ==
*''Evolvulus emarginatus'' Burm.f. (1768), *''Ipomoea reniformis'' Choisy (1833).
== Vernacular names ==
== Observations ==
*A perennial, prostrate herb, 30-75 cm long, sparsely hairy to glabrescent; leaves .*Leaves kidney-shaped to broadly ovate, 0.5-3.5 cm × 0.7-3.5 cm, base cordate, lobes rounded, apex obtuse to slightly emarginate, margins entire to coarsely crenate, petiole 0.2-3.7 cm long; flowers .*Flowers in a 1-few-flowered cyme, peduncle almost absent; flower-buds globular, pedicel 2-4 mm long, sepals subequal, obovate to orbicular, outer ones 2.5-3 mm long, obtuse with cucullate, mucronate apex, inner ones deeply emarginate, corolla tubular-campanulate, 5-9 mm long, yellow with a paler base, mid-petaline bands distinctly 5-veined, purplish, hairy inside, filaments hairy at base; capsule .*Capsule subglobular, 5-6 mm in diameter, glabrous, brown-black, partly enclosed by sepals, base of style present; seed .*Seed 2.5 mm long, greyish brown, glabrous, dotted.  ''M. emarginata'' occurs in regions with a pronounced dry season, in open grasslands and fields, along railroads and waste places, on rather heavy soils, from sea-level up to 200 m altitude. The plant is sometimes confused with ''Centella asiatica'' (L.) Urb., which has the same habit.
== Selected sources ==
* [215] Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1948-19761948—1976. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials & industrial products. 11 volumes. Publications and Information Directorate, New Delhi, India.*[407] Heyne, K., 1950. De nuttige planten van Indonesië [The useful plants of Indonesia]. 3rd Edition. 2 volumes. W. van Hoeve, 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands/Bandung, Indonesia. 1660 + CCXLI pp.*[570] Kumar, S., Bagchi, G.D. & Darokar, M.P., 1997. Antibacterial activity observed in the seeds of some coprophilous plants. International Journal of Pharmacognosy 35(3): 179—184.*[786] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp== Main genus page ==*[[Merremia (PROSEA)|''Merremia'']]
== Authors ==
*Muhammad Mansur
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