Merremia emarginata (Burm.f.) Hall.f.

Merremia emarginata (Burm.f.) Hall.f. Prostrate herb; stem rooting at lower nodes, glabrescent. Leaves alternate, reniform to ovate, 05 - 2.5 x 04 - 2 , cordate-truncate at base, entire coarsely crenate at margin, emarginated-rounded at apex, glabrous; ca. 3 - 4-pairs; petiole up to 1.8 cm long. Cymes solitary, axillary, 1 - 3-flowered. Flowers ca. 1 cm across, yellow; pedicel filiform; bracts unequal, ovate-linear, pubescent. Calyx 5-lobed, obovate-circular, glabrescent, ciliate at margin. Corolla campanulate, limb 5-lobed. Stamens 5; filament slender-filiform, ca. 4.3 mm long; anther oblong-ovoid, ca. 0.6 mm long. Ovary globose, 1.2 mm long; 4-loculed; ovules 4; style slender, ca. 03 mm long; stigma capitate. Capsules ovoid-globose, up to 05 mm across; seeds 2 - 4, globose, longitudinally grooved, grayish brown.