Pannikkodi / Birdfoot Grape-Vine
Cayratia pedata
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Pannikkodi
Identify Pannikkodi 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Leaflets arranged like a bird's foot.
- Confirm leaf type: Palmately compound (leaflets radiate from one point).
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm fruit type: Berry.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cayratia pedata
- Genus
- Cayratia
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and open deciduous forests and plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malay Archipelago, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Palmately compound (leaflets radiate from one point)recorded
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“It has wiry, coiled tendrils and leaves divided into five to seven smooth, toothed leaflets.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“It has wiry, coiled tendrils and leaves divided into five to seven smooth, toothed leaflets.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pannikkodi itself; the rest are typical of the Vitaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The fruits are round, creamy-white berries, each containing one or two flat, semicircular seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pannikkodi itself; the rest are typical of the Vitaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Pannikkodi, Tiripatakam, Kattu pirandai
- Kannada
- ಕಾಮಪಟಿಗೆ Kaama patige ಕಾಮಪಟಿಗೆ ಬಳ್ಳಿ Kaama patige balli
- Malayalam
- Velutta sori valli, വെളുത്ത ചൊറിവള്ളി
- Marathi
- Gorpadvel
About Pannikkodi
Birdfoot Grape-Vine (Cayratia pedata) belongs to the Vitaceae family, where it grows as a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and 5 other states. It grows in moist deciduous and open deciduous forests and plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Vitaceae
Grape family
Pannikkodi belongs to the Vitaceae family.
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