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.FangFormerly 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.References
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