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 Ampelocissus indica (L.)Planch.

Synonym	:	Vitis indica L.
Family	:	Vitaceae
Local name	:	Malayalam- .chembravalli English- Wild grapevine
Flowering and fruiting period	:	March-September
Distribution	:	Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
Distribution in kerala	:	Alappuzha, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode,
Habitat	:	Semi-evergreen forests
Uses	:	Used as stress reliver
Key Botanical Charactes   : Red-Stemmed Wild Grape-Vine. Red-Stemmed Wild Grape-Vine is a climbing shrub with branches channelled, rusty-woolly. Leaves are simple, broadly ovate, sometimes angled, heart-shaped at base, toothed at margin with teeth hardened at tip, tapering at tip, leathery, hairless above, rusty-hairy below.