Convolvulaceae FAMILY

Merremia verecunda

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Merremia verecunda is a trailing or climbing plant, producing a number of annual stems from 50 - 150cm long that trail over the ground or twine into the surrounding vegetation[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The edible leaves are sometimes harvested from the wild for local use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - Namibia, Botswana, S. Africa.

HabitatOn patches of grass in deep dry sand at elevations from 930 - 1,070 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].