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Merremia angustifolia

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Name

Identification
Merremia tridentata Rendle [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Merremia angustifolia (Jacq.) Hallier,f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Convolvulus filicaulis
  • Ipomoea filicaulis
  • Merremia tridentata
  • Xenostegia tridentata
  • Ipomoea angustifolia
  • Ipomoea retusa
  • Merremia angustifolia
Common name
  • tattir (JMD) (NIGERIA, KANURI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • vudrai (FRI) (GHANA, GBE-VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • muso jong julo = slave woman’s ropes (Fox; DF) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • n-dangeha (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • gadon machiji = snake’s bed (JMD) gammon baawaa = slave’s head-pad (JMD; ZOG) koòrénhàwaíniyàá = ringworm of the chameleon (auctt.) maganin kunama = medicine for scorpion (JMD) yamßururu, yámb́ururu (auctt.) yimßururu (JMD) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • yamburu (FRI) (GHANA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • salaulit (auctt.) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • duludigô (K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDING-’SOCE’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • leeßol pullo, leebol: a pat of butter, or a (single) hair, thus, hair, or butter of a Fulani (JMD; MM) leyleydi (PF fide MM) (NIGERIA, FULA-FULFULDE (Nigeria)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • law mbambé (JB; K&A) lébel (K&A) lébèl pul (JB) nof ndol (JB; K&A) pul (K&A) yuran (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for IPOMŒA angustifolia Jacq. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 45, (1904) Author: By J. G. BAKERand C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
IPOMŒA angustifolia Jacq. [family ], Coll. ii. 367; Ic. t. 317;—Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 159; Benth. Fl. Austr. iv. 425; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 205.
IPOMŒA filicaulis Blume [family ], Bijdr. 721; Choisy in DC. Prod. ix. 353; Bot. Mag. t. 5426; Hook. Niger Fl. 466.
IPOMŒA denticulata R. Br. [family ], Prodr. 485; Bot. Reg. t. 317, not of Choisy.
Convolvulus denticulatus Spreng. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Syst. Veg. i. 603.
Convolvulus filiformis Thunb. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Fl. Cap. ed. 2, ii. 16, ed. Schult. 168.
Convolvulus angustifolius Desrouss. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Lam. Encycl. iii. 547.
Merremia angustifolia Hallier f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 117, incl. var. ambigua.
Merremia hastata Hallier f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], l.c.
Information
stems slender, wiry, rambling or twining, glabrous or finely pubescent when young; leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, 1 1/2–2 1/2 in. long, 1–3 lin. wide, acuminate, hastate or auricled and toothed at the base, sessile or shortly petioled; peduncles axillary, usually shorter than the leaves, 1–2-flowered; bracts small, subulate; pedicels short, thickened upwards; sepals subequal, 3 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate and acute, or oblong with a distinct cusp, glabrous; corolla white or pale yellow with a purple centre, funnel-shaped-campanulate; capsule globose, glabrous, 3 lin. in diam.; seeds black, glabrous. null

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