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Cissus quadrangularis
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Family:
VITACEAE
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Citation: Cissus quadrangularis L., Mant. Pl. 1: 39. 1767; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 233(167). 1915; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 108. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 135. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 121. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 71. 1999; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 288. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 135. 2005; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 753. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 179. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 235. 2009.
Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight, Cat. Ind. Pl. 26.1833; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:645.1875.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chanamparanda, Changalamparanda, Peranta
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Adament creeper, Bone setter, Edible-stemmed vine
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Description:
Rambling, succulent, glabrous, deciduous shrubs; stem 4-angular, winged or ridged at angles, constricted at nodes; tendril simple. Leaves simple, entire or 3-lobed, 2-5 x 2-5 cm, ovate-suborbicular or subreniform, base truncate, margin distantly spinulose-crenate, apex obtuse, thick-coriaceous; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers in leaf-opposed, peduncled, umbellate cymes. Calyx-tube obscurely 4-lobed, c. 2 mm long, reddish. Petals c. 2.5 mm long, ovate, acute, greenish-yellow, recurved. Stamens 4; filaments to 2 cm long; anthers yellow. Disk 4-lobed, yellow. Ovary c. 1mm long, 2-celled; ovules 2 per cell. Berry c. 7 mm across, subglobose. Seeds black, smooth.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-January
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Widespread in the drier parts of Africa, Arabia and 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):
Red, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Palapetty, Thottappally
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