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Ampelocissus latifolia
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Ampelocissus latifolia (Roxb.) Planch., Vigne Aner. Europe 8: 374. 1884 & in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 5: 370. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 230(165). 1918; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 68. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 103. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 102. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 106. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 129. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 122. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 149. 1997; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 256. 2000; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 739. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 231. 2009.
Vitis latifolia Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 661. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 652. 1875.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chembravalli, Karantavalli, Valiyapirappitikha
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Jungle angoor, Jungle grave vine
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Description:
Scandent shrub; branches striate, nearly glabrous, hollow. Leaves simple, often 5-gonal, sometimes 3-5 lobed, usually deeply cordate at base, serrate at margin, acute to acuminate at apex, 10-25 x 10-24 cm, glabrous; nerves prominent beneath; petioles 5-15 cm long, deeply grooved in upper half. Inflorescences pyramidal-thyrsoid; primary branch 1.5-5 cm long; thyrses 3-7 cm long; peduncles 5-10 cm long; tendrils branched, 10-15 cm long. Flowers reddish brown; pedicels ca 1 mm long, puberulous. Calyx saucer-like, entire and glabrous. Petals oblong, ca 1.5 x 0.8 mm, glabrous. Disc enclosing about half of ovary, 5-grooved. Berries globose,7-9 mm, black when ripe, 2-4 seeded. Seeds elliptic-oblong in outline, 6-7 x 4-5 mm, with a longitudinal, broad ridge and a groove on either side on adaxial surface and an oblong-elliptic chalazal knot and prominent fissures radiating towards margin on abaxixl surface.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-June
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kasaragode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Near streams in evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kannoth, Ezhimala, Mukkali forests, Walayar, Nadugani ghats
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