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Cayratia pedata var. glabra
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Cayratia pedata (Lam.) A. Juss. ex Gagnep. var. glabra Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 236(169). 1918; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 59. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 73. 1998; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 272. 2000; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 77. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 70. 2002; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 744. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Velutha-sori-valli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Weak-stemmed vine; young stem, petioles, tendrils and peduncles densely pubescent. Leaves pedately 5-7-foliolate; leaflets 5-13 x 3-6 cm, lanceolate to obovate, base cuneate, that of laterals usually oblique, margin subentire or serrate, apex acuminate, pubescent, membranous; petiole to 9 cm long; petiolules 0.5-2 cm long. Flowers in axillary dense corymbs; peduncles 2-3.5 cm long; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Calyx cupular, 1-2 mm long, margin irregularly 4-lobed. Petals 4, 1.5-2 mm long, ovate-acute, greenish white, reflexed, apices hooded. Disk creamy white. Stamens 4, attached to the disc. Ovary c. 1 mm, 2-celled; ovules 2 in each cell; style subulate. Berry 0.5-1 cm across, depressed-globose, creamy white. Seeds 1-4, hemispherical, flattened ventrally.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-August
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
800-2200
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Puthussery, Vengoli, Walakkad
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