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Cissus trilobata
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Cissus trilobata Lam., Encycl. 1:31.1788; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 233(167). 1918; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 72. 1995; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 293. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 135. 2005; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 756. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 180. 2009.
Vitis rheedei Wight & Arn. in Wight, Cat. 27. 1833 & Prodr. 127. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 653. 1875.
Puria trilobata (Lam.) Nair, Biol. Land. Pl. 127. 1972 (1974); Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 105. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 105. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 122. 1994; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 170. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Neelachunnambuvalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Scandent shrub; branches terete, glabrous, subfleshy; tendrils simple and stout. Leaves 3-foliolate or the upper only 3-lobed, glabrous. Petioles 3.5-6 cm long; terminal leaflet elliptic-lanceolate, attenuate at base, bristly-serrate at margin, acute to acuminate at apex, 8-15 x 2.5-4 cm; petiolules ca 4 mm long; lateral leaflets subsessile, oblique at base otherwise as in terminal leaflet. Inflorescences divaricate subumbelled cymes, 2.5-4 cm long; peduncles ca 1 cm long. Flowers glabrous; pedicels 2-3 mm long. Calyx saucer-like, subtruncate. Petals oblong-ovate, acute at apex, ca 2 x 1 mm. Filaments flat. Disc 4-lobed, covering ovary. Berries obovoid, 6-7 mm across, black when ripe, 1-seeded; seed pyriform, mucronate, slightly laterally compressed, ca 6 x 4 mm, smooth except for longitudinally encircling ridged raphe, with two shallow pits at base.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-August
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
South 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:
900-1200
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Localities:
Plapally, on way to Kannoth, Manjeswar, Aroor, Nootavanpara, Thenmalai, Ettapadappu, Athirumala
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