-Plants (Kingdom Plantae)

-Vascular Plants (Phylum Tracheophyta)

-Flowering Plants (Subphylum Angiospermae)

-Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

-Nightshades, Bindweeds, Gooseweeds, and Allies (Order Solanales)

-Bindweed Family (Family Convolvulaceae)

-Subfamily Convolvuloideae

-Tribe Merremieae

-Genus Camonea

-Yellow Merremia (Camonea umbellata)

Yellow Merremia (Camonea umbellata) is an herbaceous flowering vine native to tropics in the Americas and western Africa. Hogvine blooms with showy yellow flowers and the thin vines sprout sparse hairs. The flowers attract bees, butterflies and birds. Although it is common in forest situations, it favours more open situations along the edges of fields, plantations and water bodies.