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Merremia quinquefolia

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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

Parts Used

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

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

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

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