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Merremia aegyptia - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer

Merremia aegyptia - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer

Merremia aegyptia - Fruit and seeds - Click to enlarge!

Fruit and seeds; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer

Merremia aegyptia - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer

Merremia aegyptia - Leaflet, close-up - note the hairs - Click to enlarge!

Leaflet, close-up - note the hairs; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer

Merremia aegyptia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Gomoa Fetteh, Central Region, Ghana; 10/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1559
Date of entry: 03.02.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Hairy merremia

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Solanales (101)

        Family: Convolvulaceae (43)(family description)

          Genus: Merremia (5)

            Epithet: aegyptia (L.) Urban (1)

Synonyms: Ipomoea pentaphylla (L.) Jacq., Ipomoea pilosa Cav.

aegyptia => from Egypt

pentaphylla => five-leaved

pilosa => covered thinly with long soft hairs

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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