Hogvine, greater bindweed, Hog vine, yellow hog vine, yellow merremia

Last updated: February 8, 2026Reviewed date: February 8, 2026Reading time: 10 min read

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Hogvine also referred to as Yellow merremia, Yellowwood rose has the scientific name Merremia umbellata is a twining, herbaceous plant belonging to the Convolvulaceae family. The plant is native to Tropical East Africa, Seychelles, India, and Sri Lanka eastwards to China, Indo-China, Thailand, and southwards through Malesia to northern Australia. It occurs in America from Mexico to Paraguay, in the West Indies and in tropical...

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Hogvine Facts

Name	Hogvine
Scientific Name	Merremia umbellata
Native	Tropical East Africa, Seychelles, India, Sri Lanka eastwards to China, Indo-China, Thailand, and southwards through Malesia to northern Australia. It occurs in America from Mexico to Paraguay, in the West Indies and in tropical West Africa
Common Names	Hogvine, greater bindweed, Hog vine, yellow hog vine, yellow merremia, yellow morning glory, yellow wood rose
Name in Other Languages	American Samoa: Fue lautetele Assamese: Goria loti, Kolia lota Bengali: Sapussunda Bodo: Guna bendung Chinese: Shan zhu cai Costa Rica: Churristate Cuba: Aguinaldo Amarillo, bajuco jaibero, bejuco ahorca colono Dominican Republic: Bejuco de Tabaco, campana amarilla El Salvador: Cuelga˗tabaco, jícama cimarrona English: Hog vine, yellow hog vine, yellow merremia, yellow morning glory, yellow wood rose Fiji: Sovivi Guatemala: Cajete, quilamulillo Gujarati: Tumaisa India: Goria loti, kolavara valli, motia, sapussunda, turnaisa, vawkte˗sen˗til, vayaravalli, voktesentil Indonesia: Akabulu, akar biabak, akar slemang, areuj gereung, areuj kidang, baji seluang, daun bisul, lawatan kebo, rawatan Lesser Antilles: Fleur patate jaune, liane à berceau, liane à malingers, liane à tonnelle, liane douce jaune, liane˗berceau, liann berceau, lyann beso, lyann dou jon, sweet liane, sweet William, yellow hogvine, yellow morning glory Malaysia: Akar ulan betina, andur nasi, greater Malayan bindweed, pelandok, ulan tapak Malayalam: Kolavara valli (കൊലാവര വല്ലീ), Vayaravalli (വയാര വല്ലീ), Ulan tapak pelandok Mali: Ulou nin tulu Marathi: Motia (मोतीया) Mexico: Amole de venado, bejuco manzo Mishing: Bongki ripuk Myanmar: Kya˗hin, zizaw Nigeria: Epírí kọ̀rị̀ Mizo: Voktesentil Palau: Kebias Panama: Batatilla amarilla Philippines: Bangbangau, kalamitmit, kamokamotihan, malakamote Sierra Leone: A˗gbungabo, kpokpo, liti, soriondibi Spanish: Jicama, batatilla amarilla, cajete, campanilla amarilla, campanilla bellisima, campanitas, churristate Amarillo, cimarrona, taranta amarilla, tripa de gallina Sri Lanka: Kiri˗madu, maha˗madu Thailand: Chingcho khaao, thao dok baan tuum Vietnam: Bìm bắc bộ, bìm tán
Plant Growth Habit	Twining, herbaceous, vigorous perennial climbing vine
Growing Climates	Edges of forests, in grasslands, roadsides and waterways, clearings, deforested areas, vacant land in villages, mixed deciduous forest, evergreen hill forest, swamp margins, secondary scrub Open grasslands, thickets, hedges, along fields, in teak forests, along edges of secondary forests, on river-banks
Plant Size	1-3 m long
Stem	Climbing or trailing stems up to 3 m or more in length, glabrous or softly hairy. Young stems have a milky sap; older stems may be woody
Leaf	Alternate, long-petiolate, narrowly to broadly ovate with cordate base, occasionally lobed, about 10 cm long (but sometimes up to 15 cm long)
Flowering season	January—March, October—December
Flower	Sepals strongly concave, slightly unequal; outer 2 sepals broadly elliptic or nearly circular, 8–14 mm, abaxial surface pubescent, rounded or emarginate; inner sepals usually slightly longer, margin scarious. Corolla white or yellow, funnelform, 2.5–5.5 cm, midpetaline bands with a strip of whitish pubescence apicall
Fruit Shape & Size	Capsule ovoid to conical 10-15 mm long, splitting into four
Seed	Seeds truncate apically, brown, 5-6 mm long, densely pubescent with short, erect trichomes. They are covered with spreading, black or brown hairs
Propagation	By seeds and cuttings
Plant Parts Used	Root, leaves, seed, whole plant
Season	January, February, October, December
Culinary Uses	The young leaves may be eaten as a vegetable. The flexible, tough stems have been used in Central America to hang tobacco for drying.
Other facts	In the Yucatán Península of Mexico, M. umbellata is used as forage for cattle, goats and horses. The sap has been used for coagulating Castilla rubber latex.
Precautions	The hairs on the leaves can cause irritation.

Hogvine Scientific Classification

Scientific Name: Merremia umbellata

Rank	Scientific Name & (Common Name)
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
Infrakingdom	Streptophyta (land plants)
Superdivision	Spermatophyta (Seed plants)
Division	Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
Subdivision	Spermatophytina (spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
Subclass	Asteridae
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Solanales
Family	Convolvulaceae (Morning-glory family)
Genus	Merremia Dennst. ex Endl. (woodrose)
Species	Merremia umbellata (L.) Hallier f. (hogvine)
Synonyms	Convolvulus aristolochiifolius Mill Convolvulus caracassanus Willd. ex Roem. & Schult Convolvulus cymosus Desr Convolvulus luteus M. Martens & Galeotti Convolvulus multiflorus Mill Convolvulus sagittifer Kunth Convolvulus umbellatus Sessé & Moc Convolvulus umbellatus L Ipomoea cymosa (Desr.) Roem. & Schult Ipomoea mollicoma Miq Ipomoea polyanthes Willd. ex Roem. & Schult Ipomoea portobellensis Beurl Ipomoea sagittifer (Kunth) G. Don Ipomoea umbellata (L.) G. Mey Merremia umbellata var. occidentalis Hallier f

Plant description

Hogvine is a twining, herbaceous, vigorous perennial climbing vine that may grow about 1-3 m tall. The plant is found growing in edges of forests, in grasslands, roadsides, and waterways, clearings, deforested areas, vacant land in villages, mixed deciduous forest, evergreen hill forest, swamp margins, secondary scrub, thickets, hedges, along with fields, in teak forests and on river-banks. The plant prefers well-drained fertile soil.

Leaves

Leaves are ovate to oblong in shape, with a size of measuring about 4-16 cm long and 1-9 cm wide, cordate base and rounded or truncate in shape. The basal lobes are rounded or angular, acuminate apex where both sides are sparse to densely hairy. The petiole is measuring about 1.5-6 cm long.

Flower

Cymes are few to many flowered, umbelliform, measuring about 1-7 cm long peduncle, minute bracts, and caduceus. Flower-buds are ovoid in shape, with a size of measuring about 5-9 mm long pedicel. Sepals are strongly concave, slightly unequal. Outer 2 sepals are broadly elliptic or nearly circular, 8–14 mm, abaxial surface pubescent, rounded or emarginated. Inner sepals are usually slightly longer, margin scarious. Corolla is white or yellow, funnelform, 2.5–5.5 cm, mid petaline bands with a strip of whitish pubescence apically; limb slightly lobed. Stamens included; anthers not twisted. The ovary is glabrous or sparsely pubescent apically. Flowering normally takes place from January—to March and October—December.

Fruit

Fertile flowers are followed by a capsule that is ovoid to conical in shape, measuring about 10-12 mm long, mucronate by style-base, and hairless or sparsely hairy at the top. Seeds are truncate apically, brown, 5-6 mm long, densely pubescent with short, erect trichomes. They are covered with spreading, black or brown hairs.

Traditional uses and benefits of Hogvine

Pounded leaves are used as a poultice for wounds, burns, and sores in Asia.
A poultice of leaves mixed with Curcuma powder is used to heal cracks in the soles of the feet.
Infusion of young leaves is applied to clean wounds and ulcers.
Roots are used as a laxative/purgative, and the flowers are used to treat eye diseases.
Decoction of the plant is used as a diuretic, and to treat rheumatism and headaches in India.
Powder of leaves is sniffed to treat epilepsy, and a paste made of root powder mixed with “Java flour” (coffee flour) is applied to swellings.
The mucilage obtained from the seeds soaked in water is used in cutaneous diseases.
umbellata has been used to treat paralyzes, spasms, and convulsions in West Africa.
This species has been used for fever in Palau.
It is used also for dropping into the ear in cases of auricular ulcers, abscesses, etc.
Dried, powdered leaves are sniffed up the nose as a treatment for epilepsy.
Pounded leaves are used to poultice burns, abscesses, ulcers, sores and scalds.
A poultice of the leaves, combined with Curcuma powder is applied on cracks on the hands and in the soles of the feet.
Seeds, when soaked in water, yield mucilage that is used as an aperient and alternative in the treatment of cutaneous diseases in Bengal.
Tubers are mildly laxative and are widely taken as a remedy for dysentery.
Decoction of the roots is drunk as a remedy for hematuria.
Paste or powder made of the root, often mixed with Java flour and water, is applied as a poultice to swellings.
An infusion of the plant is drunk as a treatment for high fever.
An infusion of the stem is used internally and externally in the treatment of malaria and smallpox.
The root is eaten raw as a stomachic.
Decoction of the plant is said to act as a deobstruent, a diuretic, and an alternative, being useful in rheumatism, neuralgia, pain in the head or upper neck. সহজ বাংলা: মাথাব্যথা।" data-rx-term="headache" data-rx-definition="Headache means pain in the head or upper neck. সহজ বাংলা: মাথাব্যথা।">headache, etc.
It is used also for dropping into the ear in cases of auricular ulcers, abscesses, etc.
Powder of the leaves is sniffing up in epilepsy.
Paste or powder made of the root, mixed with Java flour and water, is applied to swellings.
Leaves are used in the Moluccas as an emollient for abscesses and ulcers.

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Safe first steps

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Questions to ask

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Which tests are really needed now?
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Step 4
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Rural patient practical tips

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