Merremia aegyptia (L.) Urb.

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y/töföÖfeP Merremia eegyptia (L.)Urb.
LOCALITY: Cruz Bay, along road just after Mongoose Connection toward Lind Point HABITAT: Open, sunny roadside.
DESCRIPTION: Twining vine 2-3 m long, climbing or trailing; stems green, cylindrlc, producing scanty milky sap; setulose hairs with swollen & brown base. Calyx green; corolla white; anther & stigma white.
COLL: P. Acevedo Rdgz.	DATE: 3 Jan 1990
NO: 003080
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