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Cissus aristatus
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Cissus aristatus Blume, Bijdr. 183. 1825; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 280.2000; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 749. 2005.
Cissus simples Blanco, Fl. Filip. (ed. 1) 72. 1837.
Cissus pyrrhodasys Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 1: 517. 1861.
Cissus adnata auct. non Roxb.: Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 234(168). 1918.
Vitis adnata auct. non (Roxb.) Wall.; Wight & Arn., Prodr. 126. 1834.
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Description:
Scandent shrub; branches subterete, striate, tomentose; tendrils branched. Leaves ovate, truncate to cordate at base, bristly serrate at margin, acute to acuminate at apex, 7-13 x 5-11 cm, glabrous to tomentose above, arachnoid-hairy beneath; petioles 3-8 cm long, hairy. Stipules ca 3x 2 mm, pubescent. Inflorescences umbelled cymes, 3-6 cm long; peduncles 2- 4.5 cm long, hairy. Flowers hairy; pedicels ca 2 mm long. Calyx cupular, truncate. Petals oblong-ovate, ca 1.2 x 1 mm. Disc conspicuous, 4-notched, covering ovary. Berries obellipsoid, ca 5 mm across, 1-seeded. Seed obovoid, oblique at base, tessellated with angled facets on either side of longitudinally encircling ridged raphe.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-January
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests and scrub jungles
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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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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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