Cayratia mollissima
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Assam, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- March-December
How to identify Cayratia mollissima
Identify Cayratia mollissima by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Palmately compound (leaflets radiate from one point).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland.
- Confirm it sits within the Vitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Cayratia mollissima.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Palmately compound (leaflets radiate from one point)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cayratia mollissima itself; the rest are typical of the Vitaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Vitaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Cayratia mollissima
A member of the Vitaceae family, Cayratia mollissima is a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Assam, Meghalaya and 1 other states. It grows in evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to December.
Vitaceae
Grape family
Cayratia mollissima belongs to the Vitaceae family.
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