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Cyphostemma auriculatum
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Cyphostemma auriculatum (Roxb.) Singh & Shetty, Taxon 35: 596. 1986; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 298. 2000; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 757. 2005.
Cissus auriculata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 430. 1820.
Vitis auriculata (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 129. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 658. 1875.
Cayratia auriculata (Roxb.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 237(170). 1918; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 123. 1990.
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Description:
Scandent shrub; bark on older stems deeply cracked; branches terete, succulent, softly pubescent; tendrils branched. Leaves digitate, 5-foliolate, soft-pubescent when young. Petioles 7-15 cm long; stipules falcate, ca 1 x 0.5 cm; terminal leaflet obovate to rhomboid or elliptic, cuneate at base, serrate at margin, acute to short-acuminate at apex, 10-13 x 5.5-8.5 cm; petiolules 1-2 cm long; lateral leaflets 7-12 x 4-7 cm; petiolules ca 1 cm long. Inflorescences axillary or pseudoterminal much branched divaricate cymes, 11-26 cm long; peduncles 8-19 cm long, pubescent. Flowers contracted in middle, pubescent; pedicels 2-3 mm long. Calyx cupular, truncate. Petals oblong, ca 2.5 x 1.5 mm. Disc of 4 glands, covering most of ovary. Ovary pyramidal, hairy. Berries globose, ca 1 cm, alate when dry, 1-seeded; Seed oblong-obovoid to subglobose, with a crest on dorsal side.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-November
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Attappady R.F.
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