Shrub
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Tetrastigma hookeri (Laws.) Planch. |
| synonym | Tetrastigma lanceolarium (Roxb.) Planch. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Herb
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Woody scandent shrubs; stems strongly verrucose with elongated lenticels; tendril simple, woody with age. Leaves pedately 5-foliolate, trifoliolate or simple, sometimes all three types found on same plant; leaflets 4-13 x 2-6 cm, oblong-lanceolate, base cuneate, margin coarsely serrate, especially distally, apex acute, coriaceous, the laterals unequal sided; petiole to 8 cm long, warty-lenticellate, base swollen; petioules 5-14 mm long. Flowers c. 4 mm across, in short axillary cymes. Calyx lobes 4, c. 1 mm long, more or less ciliolate. Petals 4, white, 1-1.5 mm long, ovate, acute, apically thickened. Disk lobed. Stamens 4. Ovary subglobose; stigma lobed. Berry c. 1.3 cm across, subglobose, creamy white. Seeds 2-4, oblong, transversely rugose.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity
Flowering and fruiting: May-August
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Flowering & Fruiting: March-August
French Institute of Pondicherry
| Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Morphology
Climbing shrubs; branches terete, striate, glaucous. Leaves digitately compound, ternate; petiolules ca. 2.5 cm long, callose; petioles ca. 6-12 cm long, swollen and callose at base; lamina ca. 14-16 x 6-7 cm, broadly elliptic or ovatee, acuminate at apex, margins distantly crenate or subentire, venation between secondary veins obscure. Inflorescences subcorymbose cymes, ca. 2-4 cm long, pubescent; peduncles ca. 2-4 cm long, pubescent; Flowers ca. 2-3 mm long; pedicels ca. 2 mm long, pubescent; calyx subtruncate to obscurely 4-lobed, pubescent; petals ca. 2-3 x 1.2-1.5 mm, hooded, pubescent; stamens ca. 2.5 mm long; anthers ovoid; ovary ca. 1.5 mm across; stigma 4-lobed. Berries ca. 2 cm across, globose, fleshy. Seeds 2, ca. 1.1-1.2 x 0.5-0.7 cm, oblong-obovoid, transversely rugose on sides. (Shetty and Paramjit Singh, 2000).
French Institute of Pondicherry
| Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests, also in sacred groves
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Evergreen forests
In primary forests, shaded places along the stream; 200-300 m; rare.
French Institute of Pondicherry
| Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Maharashtra: Ratnagiri, Raigad
Karnataka: Hassan
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur,Kollam,Kozhikode, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Namakkal, Salem, Theni, Tiruchchirappalli, Tirunelveli, Tiruvannamalai
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Alappuzha, Kollam, Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Kozhikkode
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Odisha, Tamil Nadu
Indian Distribution
Assam
Global Distribution
India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh
Indian Distribution
Assam, Meghalaya, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerla.
French Institute of Pondicherry
| Attributions | French Institute of Pondicherry |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Vitis muricata Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 128. 1834.
- Tetrastigma lanceolarium (Roxb.) Planch. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 5: 423. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 228(164). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 121. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 126. 1990.
- Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (Dennst.) Alston ex Mabb., Taxon 26: 539. 1977; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 69. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 60. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 106. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 136. 1990; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 76. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 154. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 75. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 72. 1999; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 314. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 136. 2005; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 761. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 181. 2009.
- Cissus leucostaphyla Dennst. Schluss. Hort. Malab. 17,19,33. 1818.
- Vitis lanceolaria sensu Lawson in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 660. 1875,p.p., non Wall. 1831-32.
- Tetrastigma muricatum (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 229(164). 1918.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- Singh, N.P., Chauhan, A.S., Mondal, M.S. 2000. Flora of Manipur: Vol. I: 237 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
- Singh, N.P., Vohra, J.N., Hajra, P.K., Singh, D.K. 2000. Flora of India: Vol. V: 314 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
- Pal, G.D. 2013. Flora of Arunachal Pradesh: Vol. I: 210 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Singh, N.P., Singh, K.P., Singh, D.K. 2002. Flora of Mizoram: Vol. I: 381 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
Information Listing > References
- Vitis muricata Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 128. 1834.
- Tetrastigma lanceolarium (Roxb.) Planch. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 5: 423. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 228(164). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 121. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 126. 1990.
- Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (Dennst.) Alston ex Mabb., Taxon 26: 539. 1977; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 69. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 60. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 106. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 136. 1990; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 76. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 154. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 75. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 72. 1999; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 314. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 136. 2005; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 761. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 181. 2009.
- Cissus leucostaphyla Dennst. Schluss. Hort. Malab. 17,19,33. 1818.
- Vitis lanceolaria sensu Lawson in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 660. 1875,p.p., non Wall. 1831-32.
- Tetrastigma muricatum (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 229(164). 1918.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
- Singh, N.P., Chauhan, A.S., Mondal, M.S. 2000. Flora of Manipur: Vol. I: 237 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
- Singh, N.P., Vohra, J.N., Hajra, P.K., Singh, D.K. 2000. Flora of India: Vol. V: 314 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
- Pal, G.D. 2013. Flora of Arunachal Pradesh: Vol. I: 210 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Singh, N.P., Singh, K.P., Singh, D.K. 2002. Flora of Mizoram: Vol. I: 381 Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Vitales |
| Family | Vitaceae |
| Genus | Tetrastigma |
| Species | Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (Dennst.) N.P.Balakr. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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