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Cissus glyptocarpa
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Cissus glyptocarpa (Thw.) Planch. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 5: 477. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 235(168). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 120. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 60. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 104. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 125. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 71. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 26. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 71. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 153. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 73. 1998; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 285. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 71. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 169. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 135. 2005; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 751. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 234. 2009.
Vitis glyptocarpa Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 62. 1858; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 645. 1875.
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Description:
Creepers or climbers; branches with corky wings, glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, 10 x 7 cm, ovate, acuminate at apex, cordate at base, serrate, puberulus, nerves 4-7 pairs; petiole to 3 cm long. Cymes 3 x 3 cm, extra- axillary, peduncled. Flowers many, 1.5 mm long, greenish; pedicels 10 mm long; petals 2 mm long, oblong, green. Fruits pyriform, purple; seed 1.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
Yellow, 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:
300-1100
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Localities:
Kallar, Poonkavanam, Peruvaripallam, Silent Valley R. F., Chandanathode, Campshed area, Moozhiar, on way to Kannoth, Karappa, Muthikulam forests, Thalichola, Ettapadappu, Athirumala, Base of Agathyamala
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