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Ampelocissus tomentosa
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Ampelocissus tomentosa (Heyne ex Roth) Planch., Vigne Amer. Eur. 8: 375. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 230(165). 1918; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 122. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 70. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 70. 1999; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 261. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 69. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 167. 2002; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 740. 2005.
Vitis tomentosa Heyne ex Roth in Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 5: 318. 1819 & Nov. Pl. Sp. 157. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 650. 1875.
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Description:
Scandent shrubs; branchlets and leaves densely woolly. Leaves 15 x 15 cm, broadly ovate, 3-5-lobed, lobes acute, base cordate, serrate, densely floccose beneath, basally 5-nerved, tendrils branched; petiole to 6 cm, floccose. Cymes many branched, peduncles to 7 cm; flowers 5-merous, reddish; calyx lobes 1 mm, triangular, woolly; petals 2 mm, ovate, glabrous, disc prominent; stamens 5; ovary conical, stigma sessile.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-July
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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:
400-700
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Localities:
Rosemala, Mavelipuram, Vengoli, Attappady R.F., Walayar, Karamanayar region, Meenmutty
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