✿Menispermaceae · Cissampelos
Gujjaragano / Velvet Leaf Pareira
Cissampelos pareira var. hirsuta
ClimberMedicinal
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- April-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cissampelos pareira var. hirsuta
- Genus
- Cissampelos
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Peltate (shield-shaped, stalk attaches at center)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gujjaragano itself; the rest are typical of the Menispermaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
Typical of the Menispermaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Akanadi, Batindu,गुज्जरगानो gujjaragano
- Nepali
- बाटुलपाते Baatulpaate, गुदरगानो Gudargaano, जलुको Jaluko
- Bengali
- Kijri
- Tamil
- வட்டத்திருப்பி vatta-t-tiruppi
- Telugu
- పాట విష బొద్ది pata visah boddi
- Kannada
- ಪರೆರಾ ಬೇರು Parera Beru, ಗುಟ್ಟೆ Gutte
- Malayalam
- മലതാണ്ടി malathaanti, പാടത്താളി paataththaali, വട്ടവള്ളി
- Marathi
- धाकटी पाडावळ dhakati padaval, लहान पहाडवेल lahan pahadvel, पहाडमूळ pahadmul
About Gujjaragano
A member of the Menispermaceae family, Velvet Leaf Pareira (Cissampelos pareira var. hirsuta) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in deciduous forests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from April to October.
Botanical family
Menispermaceae
Moonseed Family
Gujjaragano belongs to the Menispermaceae family.
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