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Cissampelos pareira var. hirsuta
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Family:
MENISPERMACEAE
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Citation: Cissampelos pareira L. var. hirsuta (Ham. ex DC.) Forman, Kew Bull. 22: 356. 1968; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 66. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 4. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 60. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 50. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 50. 1994; Gangop. in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 317. 1993; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 6. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 35. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 23. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 11. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 14. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 7. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 64. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 50. 2005; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 180. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 80. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 104. 2009.
Cissampelos hirsuta Ham. ex DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 535. 1817.
Cissampelos pareira L., Sp. Pl. 1031. 1753 p.p.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 103. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 30(21). 1915; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 18.1996.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karanakody, Malathangi, Pambuveru
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Velvet leaf pareira
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Description:
Slender climbers, stem pubescent. Leaves 4-5 x 6-7 cm, broadly ovate, apex apiculate, base cordate; petiole 3-5 cm long. Male flowers in axillary cymes, sessile, 3 mm across; sepals 4, orbicular, hairy inside; petals 4, connate into a truncate cup, glabrous; stamens 4, connate in a peltate head. Female flowers in bracteate racemes, 3-8 together in the axial of each bract; bracts to 1 x 1 cm, orbicular, pubescent; sepals 2; petals absent; ovary densely hairy; styles 3. drupe, 4 mm dia, globose, glabrous; seeds 1, black.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-September
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1500
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Localities:
Peechi, Rosemala, Thekkady, Kuchimudi, Kottamala, Ichampetty, Damsite, Thekkuthode, Agali, Vandanam, Thenmalai, Meenmutty
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