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Distimake aegyptius
Also called Egyptian Woodrose
Distimake aegyptius is a creeping or twining climber in the morning-glory family, grown mainly as a warm-climate garden or wild vine rather than a major ornamental. It is best kept in the sun with some room to climb or sprawl.
Distimake aegyptius, the Egyptian woodrose or hairy wood-rose and other names, is a plant in the family Convolvulaceae. Typical of the family, it is an herbaceous or somewhat woody, perennial, and creeping or twining vine.
The iNaturalist map showing locations of observations of Merremia aegyptia indicate that the species occurs nearly throughout the world's tropics, except the drier and high elevation parts, so not in Egypt.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Distimake aegyptius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
