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Ampelocissus araneosa
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Ampelocissus araneosa (Dalz.) Planch. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 5: 376. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 230(165). 1918; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 249. 2000; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 49. 2000.
Cissus araneosus Dalz. in Dalz. & Gibson, Bombay Fl. 41. 1861.
Vitis araneosus (Dalz.) Lawson in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 657. 1875.
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Description:
Slender, far climbing shrubs; branches slender, floccose-woolly. Leaves 3-foliolate, sometimes merely lobed, glabrescent above, brownish-tomentose beneath; petioles 2-5 cm long; terminal leaflets elliptic-ovate, 9-13 x 3-7.5 cm, acute-mucronate at apex, attenuate, rounded or shallowly cordate at base, crenate-serrate at margins; petiolules 1-3 cm long; lateral leaflets semicordate, 7-11 x 5.5-8 cm; oblique, margins and apex as in terminal leaflets; petiolules 0.5-1 cm long. Inflorescence compact, umbellate cymes, tomentose; peduncles 3-8 cm long; tendrils branched; primary branch of inflorescence 1-2 cm long; cymes ca 2 cm long, broader than long. Flowers ca 2 mm long, red; pedicels ca 1 mm long. Calyx saucer-shaped, 5-lobed, membranous, puberulous. Petals oblong, ca 2 mm long, incurved at apex, glabrous. Stamens ca 1.2 mm long; anthers globose. Disc short, encircling only the base of ovary. Ovary conical, ca 1 mm across, 10-ribbed, puberulous; stigma concave. Berries ca 8 x 4 mm, 1-4-seeded. Seeds ellipsoid to obovoid, ca 7 x 4 mm; adaxial surface with a longitudinal ridge; abaxial surface with an elliptic or circular pit in the centre from which prominent fissures radiate towards margin.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-August
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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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):
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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
700-1500
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