''Merremia'' is a genus of

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s in the

morning glory Morning glory (also written as morning-glory) is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, whose taxonomy and systematics remain in flux. These species are distributed across numerous genus, gene ...

family,

Convolvulaceae Convolvulaceae (), commonly called the bindweed, bindweeds or morning glory, morning glories, is a Family (biology), family of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species. These species are primarily herbaceous vines, but also include trees, sh ...

. Members of the genus are commonly known as woodroses.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus ''Merremia'': *'' M. aniseiifolia'' Ooststr. – hairy woodrose *'' M. caloxantha'' (Diels) Staples & R.C.Fang *'' M. calycina'' (Meisn.) Hallier f. *'' M. calyculata'' Ooststr. *'' M. candei'' (A.Terracc.) Sebsebe *'' M. clemensiana'' Ooststr. – roadside woodrose *'' M. cordata'' C.Y.Wu & R.C.Fang *'' M. crassinervia'' Ooststr. *'' M. dichotoma'' Ooststr. *'' M. discoidesperma'' (Donn.Sm.) O'Donell *'' M. ellenbeckii'' Pilg. *'' M. emarginata'' (Burm.f.) Hallier f. *'' M. gallabatensis'' Hallier f. *'' M. gemella'' (Burm.f.) Hallier f. *'' M. gorinii'' Chiov. *'' M. gracilis'' E.J.F.Campb. & Argent *'' M. grandidentata'' (C.H.Thomps.) Staples & Simões *'' M. gregorii'' Rendle *'' M. hainanensis'' H.S.Kiu *'' M. hederacea'' (Burm.f.) Hallier f. (

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) – ivy woodrose *'' M. hemmingiana'' Verdc. *'' M. hirta'' (L.) Merr. *'' M. hornbyi'' Verdc. *'' M. incisa'' (R.Br.) Hallier f. *'' M. malvifolia'' Rendle *'' M. martini'' (H.Lév.) Staples & Simões *'' M. obtusa'' (Verdc.) Thulin *'' M. palmata'' Hallier f. *'' M. pavonii'' (Hallier f.) D.F.Austin & Staples *'' M. platyphylla'' (Fernald) O'Donell *'' M. poranoides'' (C.B.Clarke) Hallier f. *'' M. porrecta'' Pilg. *'' M. pterygocaulos'' (Choisy) Hallier f. *'' M. rajasthanensis'' Bhandari *'' M. retusa'' (Baker) Manitz – rock rosemary *'' M. setisepala'' Verdc. *'' M. sibirica'' (L.) Hallier f. *'' M. spongiosa'' Rendle *'' M. steenisii'' Ooststr. *'' M. subsessilis'' (Courchet & Gagnep.) T.N.Nguyen *'' M. thorelii'' (Gagnep.) Staples *'' M. truncata'' Verdc. *'' M. verdcourtiana'' Lejoly & Lisowski *'' M. verecunda'' Rendle *'' M. verruculosa'' S.Y.Liu *'' M. warderensis'' Sebsebe. *'' M. wurdackii'' D.F.Austin & Staples *'' M. xanthophylla'' Hallier f. *'' M. yunnanensis'' (Courchet & Gagnep.) R.C.Fang

Formerly placed here

*'' Operculina turpethum'' (L.) Silva Manso (as ''M. turpethum'' (L.) Rendle) *''

Xenostegia medium ''Xenostegia'', the morningvines, are a genus of flowering plants in the bindweed and morning glory family Convolvulaceae, found across the Old World Tropics and Subtropics, from Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, southern Asia and Aust ...

'' (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples (as ''M. medium'' (L.) Hallier f.) *''

Xenostegia tridentata ''Xenostegia'', the morningvines, are a genus of flowering plants in the bindweed and morning glory family Convolvulaceae, found across the Old World Tropics and Subtropics, from Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, southern Asia and Aust ...

'' (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples (as ''M. tridentata'' (L.) Hallier f.)

Uses

In the Indigenous system of Medicine, ''Ipomoea reniformis'' chois is also known as ''Merremia emarginata'' (Burm.f.) Hallier f. has been claimed to be useful for cough, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, diuretic, inflammation, fever due to enlargement of liver and also in kidney diseases. The tribal people use this plant for deobstruent, diuretic, rheumatism, neuralgia, cancerous wounds, migraine, purgative, snake bites, ulcer, abscesses and glandular swelling.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q141173 Convolvulaceae genera