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Internal ID UUID64405b9a688d0060532730
Scientific name Merremia emarginata
Authority Hallier f.
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 (1893)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Convolvulus excisus Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 338 (1841)
Ipomoea cymbalaria Fenzl Flora 27: 312 (1844)
Ipomoea emarginata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 443 (1891)
Lepistemon reniformis Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. : 524 (1848)
Evolvulus glechoma Welw. Apont. : 589 (1858 publ. 1859)
Evolvulus emarginatus Burm.f. Fl. Indica : 77 (1768)
Convolvulus reniformis Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 67 (1824)
Ipomoea reniformis (Roxb.) Sweet Hort. Brit. , ed. 2: 373 (1830)

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Language Common/alternative name
Chinese 肾叶山猪菜
Chinese 腎葉山豬菜

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Ethiopia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Burkina
      • Mauritania
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Madagascar
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Bangladesh
      • India
      • Nepal
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar
      • Thailand
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001296684
Tropicos 8500069
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:270513-1
The Plant List tro-8500069
Open Tree Of Life 5921765
NCBI Taxonomy 1580168
IPNI 270513-1
iNaturalist 533138
GBIF 5549041
EPPO MRREM
USDA GRIN 311680

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Merremia emarginata Extract Potentiates the Inhibition of Human Colon Cancer Cells (HT-29) via the Modulation of Caspase-3/Bcl-2-Mediated Pathways Benedict A, Suresh V, Selvamani M, Jayaraman S, Hussein MA Cureus 16-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC11019472
doi:10.7759/cureus.56300
PMID:38629020
HPTLC and GC–MS finger-printing of two potential multifunctional siddha tailams: Mathan and maha megarajanga tailam Senthilnathan S, Jayaraman S, Priya Veeraraghavan V, Masood Khan J, Ahmed MZ, Ahmad A, Gnanamani A Saudi J Biol Sci 01-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10276281
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103700
PMID:37333677
Research Progression of the Genus Merremia: A Comprehensive Review on the Nutritional Value, Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, and Toxicity Olatunji TL, Adetunji AE, Olisah C, Idris OA, Saliu OD, Siebert F Plants (Basel) 30-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8537340
doi:10.3390/plants10102070
PMID:34685875
Siddha Medicine in Eastern Sri Lanka Today–Continuity and Change in the Treatment of Diabetes Sathasivampillai SV, Rajamanoharan PR, Heinrich M Front Pharmacol 10-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6192459
doi:10.3389/fphar.2018.01022
PMID:30364250
Chemical, antimicrobial, and molecular characterization of mortiño (Vaccinium floribundum Kunth) fruits and leaves Llivisaca S, Manzano P, Ruales J, Flores J, Mendoza J, Peralta E, Cevallos‐Cevallos JM Food Sci Nutr 26-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC6021730
doi:10.1002/fsn3.638
PMID:29983956
Documentation of ‘Plant Drugs’ dispensed via local weekly shanties of Madurai City, India Suma TS, Ravikumar K, Somashekhar BS, Ved DK, Zaman R, Rajalakshmi G, Nair SN, Kukkupuni SK J Ayurveda Integr Med 08-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC6034169
doi:10.1016/j.jaim.2017.05.008
PMID:29225002
Application of HPLC and ESI-MS techniques in the analysis of phenolic acids and flavonoids from green leafy vegetables (GLVs) Kumar BR J Pharm Anal 16-Jun-2017
PMCID:PMC5790745
doi:10.1016/j.jpha.2017.06.005
PMID:29404060
Effect of Solanum surattense on mitochondrial enzymes in diabetic rats and in vitro glucose uptake activity in L6 myotubes Sridevi M, Kalaiarasi P, Pugalendi KV J Ayurveda Integr Med 01-Oct-2015
PMCID:PMC4719486
doi:10.4103/0975-9476.146547
PMID:26834425
Natural product-based nanomedicine: recent advances and issues Watkins R, Wu L, Zhang C, Davis RM, Xu B Int J Nanomedicine 28-Sep-2015
PMCID:PMC4592057
doi:10.2147/IJN.S92162
PMID:26451111
Merremia emarginata (Burm. F.) Hall. F.: A substituted market source for Centella asiatica (L.) Urban: An observation from Salem district, Tamil Nadu Subramanian S, Subramanian MP Anc Sci Life 01-Oct-2013
PMCID:PMC4171856
doi:10.4103/0257-7941.139062
PMID:25284949
In vitro antioxidant and antiproliferative potential of medicinal plants used in traditional Indian medicine to treat cancer Baskar AA, Al. Numair KS, Alsaif MA, Ignacimuthu S Redox Rep 19-Jul-2013
PMCID:PMC6837721
doi:10.1179/1351000212Y.0000000017
PMID:22776996
Antidiabetic effect of Merremia emarginata Burm. F. in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats Gandhi GR, Sasikumar P Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 01-Apr-2012
PMCID:PMC3609299
doi:10.1016/S2221-1691(12)60023-9
PMID:23569914
Antibacterial activity of various leaf extracts of Merremia emarginata Elumalai E, Ramachandran M, Thirumalai T, Vinothkumar P Asian Pac J Trop Biomed 01-Oct-2011
PMCID:PMC3614193
doi:10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60089-0
PMID:23569802
Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India Muthu C, Ayyanar M, Raja N, Ignacimuthu S J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 07-Oct-2006
PMCID:PMC1615867
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-2-43
PMID:17026769

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