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Cissus latifolia
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Cissus latifolia Lam., Encycl. 1: 30. 1783; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 113. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 74. 1998; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 287. 2000; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 752. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 179. 2009.
Vitis glauca sensu Wight & Arn., Prodr. 126.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:645.1875,p.p.
Vitis gigantea Bedd., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 212. 1866; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:648.1875; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 71. 1995.
Cissus glauca sensu Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 234(168). 1918, non Roxb. 1820; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 107. 1989.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chunnambuvalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large, climbing shrubs; stem thick; branchlets glaucous; tendrils usually forked. Leaves simple, alternate, 8-16 x 6-13 cm, broadly ovate-cordate or orbicular, acuminte at apex, margin serrate, serrations with bristly tip, glaucous below; petiole to 15 cm. Cymes leaf-opposed. Calyx cupular, ca. 2 mm long, fringed on margins. Petals 4, greenish-white, c. 2.5 mm long, hooded at apex. Stamens 4. Disc 4-lobed, adnate to ovary, yellow. Ovary tomentose; style thick; stigma truncate. Berry 1 cm across, ovoid, purplish, 1-seeded.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-September
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kollam, Alappuzha, Idukki, Thrissur, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
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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):
Green, Yellow
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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:
Peechi, Sabarimala, Vandanam, Thenmalai
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