✿Vitaceae · Cayratia
Fox Grape
Cayratia trifolia
ClimberMedicinal
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Gujarat, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands & more
- Flowering
- May-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cayratia trifolia
- Genus
- Cayratia
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Native to
- Indo-China, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, China, Malay peninsula, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malesia
- Found in India
- Gujarat, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Palmately compound (leaflets radiate from one point)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Fox Grape 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.
Local Names
- Bengali
- অমল লতা
- Tamil
- காட்டுப்பிரண்டை
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുപെരണ്ട
About Fox Grape
Fox Grape (Cayratia trifolia) is a climber in the Vitaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Gujarat, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and 8 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from May to November.
Botanical family
Vitaceae
Grape family
Fox Grape belongs to the Vitaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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