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Tetrastigma sulcatum
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Tetrastigma sulcatum (Lawson) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 229(164). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 121. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 106. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 34. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 113. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 72. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 74. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 73. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 46. 2000; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 319. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 71. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 136. 2005; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 762. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 236. 2009.
Vitis sulcatum Lawson in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 661. 1875.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chithirakodi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small climbers or creepers; stem thick, tuberculate. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; leaflets ovate-elliptic, acuminate, crenate-serrate, nerves 13-15 pairs; rachis 4 cm long. Peduncle 1-2 cm long, dichotomous, glabrous. Flowers 5 mm across; sepals ovate, acute; petals 3 mm long, oblong, obtuse. Berry 2-2.5 cm across, white, glabrous; seeds 4, 10 x 5 mm, brownish.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and moist deciduous forestsforests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Kallar, Karimutty, Vallakkadavu, Kottayali, Angamoozhy, Pathenthode, Tolpetty, Vattapara-Siruvani forests, Vellarimala
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