Merremia vitifolia (Burm.f.) Hallier f.
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Merremia vitifolia (Burm.f.) Hallier f. |
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7. Merremia vitifolia (Burm.f.) Hallier f. View in CoL — Map 15 View Map 15
Merremia vitifolia (Burm.f.) Hallier f. (1893a) View in CoL 552;Ooststr.(in Ooststr.& Hoogland 1953) 448; Kalkman (1955) 216. Convolvulus vitifolius Burm.f. (1768) View in CoL 45, pl. 18, f. 1. Ipomoea vitifolia (Burm.f.) Sweet (1826) View in CoL 289; Decne. (1834) 391; Span.
(1841) 339; Miq. (1856) 607; Fawc. (1885) 511.
Distribution — India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia; throughout Malesia (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953, Fang & Staples 1995).
Habitat & Ecology — In open grasslands, thickets, hedges, along fields, in teak-forests, along edges of secondary forests, on river-banks and waysides; both in regions with a feeble and rather strong dry season; from sea level to c. 900 m (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953). Not very frequent in Timor.
Uses — Used for treating bladder infections, stomach aches ( Fang & Staples 1995), for poulticing and for treating high fever, for which an infusion of the plant is drunk (Burkill in Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953).
Vernacular name — Tcha-tchumaco (Timor: unknown dialect).
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Merremia vitifolia (Burm.f.) Hallier f.
| Simões, A. R., Silva, H. & Silveira, P. 2011 |
Merremia vitifolia (Burm.f.)
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Ipomoea vitifolia (Burm.f.)
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Convolvulus vitifolius Burm.f. (1768)
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