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Cissus arnottiana
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Cissus arnottiana Shetty & Singh, Kew Bull. 44: 473. 1989; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 281. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 70. 2002; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 750. 2005.
Vitis pallida sensu Lawson in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:647.1875,p.p., non Wight & Arn. 1834.
Cissus pallida sensu Planch. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 5: 477. 1887,p.p., non Salisb. 1796; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 234(167). 1918; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 134. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 125. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 71. 1999.
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Description:
Shrubs; tendrils simple. Leaves 9 x 10 cm, broadly ovate, apex acute, base cordate, margins glandular, dentate, basally 5-nerved, membranous; petiole to 6 cm, stipules 5 mm, ovate, cauducous. Cymes axillary, leaf opposed, 3 x 6 cm; peduncles to 3 cm, puberulus; bracts 5 mm, ovate, pedicels to 5 mm; calyx truncate, 4-lobed, 1.5 mm; petals 4 mm, hooded, brown outside, white inside; stamens 4, filaments 2 mm, disc prominent, 4-lobed; ovary embedded, style 1 mm, stout.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Near water courses
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Distribution:
West Himalaya and 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ichampetty, Kuchimudi, Agali
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