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Cayratia tenuifolia
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Cayratia tenuifolia (Wight & Arn.) Gagnep. in Lecomte, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1: 343. 1911; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 237(170). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 103. 1988; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 72. 1995; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 124. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 112. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 71. 1997; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 273. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 70. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 134. 2005; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 746. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 233. 2009.
Vitis tenuifolia Wight & Arn., Prodr. 129. 1834p.p.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 660. 1875.
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Description:
Slender climbers. Leaves pedately 5-foliolate; leaflets elliptic or obovate, acute or obtuse, crenate, glabrous, the terminal leaflets to 4-5 x 2 cm; petiole 2.5-3 cm long. Flowers in axillary dichotomous cymes; pedicels very slender. Calyx truncate. Petals white, ovate-oblong, hooded at apex, 2.5 mm long. Disc lobed. Berry obovoid, 1 cm across; seeds 1-4.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia, China and Japan
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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):
White
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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:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Kallar, Vengoli, Orukomban, Kakki hills, Ambayathode, Dhoni R. F., Thuthampara, Ettapadappu, Teppakulam, Thenmalai
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