''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 current taxonomy and systematics are in flux. Morning glory species belong to many genera, some of ...

family,

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