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Tetrastigma leucostaphylum (Dennst.) Alston ex Mabb.,
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Synonym |
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Vitis leucostaphylum
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Family |
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Vitaceae |
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Local name |
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English-Seenkaikkodi |
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Flowering and
fruiting period |
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May-August |
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Distribution |
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Indo-Malesia |
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Distribution
in kerala |
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Alappuzha, Kollam, Palakkad, Idukki,
Pathanamthitta, Malappuram |
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Habitat |
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Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola
forests, |
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Key Botanical Characters: 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, apex acute, base
cuneate, margin coarsely serrate, especially distally, 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, 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 1.3 cm across, subglobose, creamy white;
seeds 2-4, oblong, transversely rugose.  |
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