Family: Convolvulaceae
Synonym: Convolvulus nummularius L.
Vernacular name: Roundleaf Bindweed
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Forest plantations and degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Distribution: New World tropics, Madagascar, naturalized in Africa and Indo-Malesia
Flowering and Fruiting: July-February
Key identification features: Slender prostrate perennial herbs; broadly ovate leaves, Flowers 1-2, in leaf-axils; white rotate flowers, Stamens sub-exserted. Globose capsule, brown to black seeds.
Uses: Grown in gardens as ornamental plant. A good soil binder. Honey bees forage on the flowers.
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