Merremia quinquefolia

Merremia quinquefolia

Merremia quinquefolia is a five-Fingered morning glory is a herbaceous prostrate or climbing vine. The common name comes from the leaves, which are palmately compound with 5 leaflets.

Uses

Achy joints, Rheumatoid arthritis, Scurvy, Loss of appetite, Upset stomach.

Parts Used

Leaves.

Chemical Composition

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Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Bogbean, Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Alternately	3 oblong to oval	Smooth-edged or slightly toothed leaflets (2-12 cm long and 1-5 cm wide).

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	10-20 flowers on leafless stalks 20-40 cm long	White or pink-tinged flowers		Flowers are funnel-shaped with 5 fringed petals and 5 sepals.

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds.

How to plant/cultivate

Herbaceous or perennial twiner. Stems slender, scandent, glabrous or sparsely to densely hirsute with patent hairs. Leaves palmate, 3–5-foliolate, glabrous; leaflets sessile or shortly petiolulate, lanceolate, narrowly cuneate at the base ^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Rain Garden.

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