Renjeng (Merremia gemella)

Renjeng (Merremia gemella) is a species of plant in Convolvulaceae, shrubs that grow to crawl or climb, cylindrical stems, heart-shaped leaves, disc-shaped flowers, grow in forests, agricultural land, waterways and roadsides.

M. gemella has a creeping stem to cover the ground or climb by coiling on a support, cylindrical, green and white hair.

Leaves heart-shaped, pointed tip, flat margins, dark green, a vein in the middle and many lateral veins.

Disc-shaped flowers, yellow with white aisles and 6 pistils and white.





Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Subfamily: Convolvuloideae
Tribe: Merremieae
Genus: Merremia
Species: Merremia gemella
Variety: Merremia gemella var. gemella, Merremia gemella var. splendens