✿Vitaceae · Cissus
Naga Vel / Begonia Vine
Cissus discolor
Climber
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- August-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cissus discolor
- Genus
- Cissus
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Moist Deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Assam, Sikkim, Kerala, Goa, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Simple (single blade)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Naga Vel 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
- Malayalam
- ആരോൻപുളി aaronpuli, ഞെരിഞ്ഞന്പുളി nerinampuli
- Manipuri
- ꯀꯣꯛꯉꯧꯌꯦꯟ ꯂꯥꯕꯥ কোংগঙৌযেন লবা kongngouyen laba
- Marathi
- नाग वेल naga vel, तेली चा वेल teli cha vel
- Nepali
- जोगि लहरा jogi lahara, सानु पुरेनि sanu pureni
- Kannada
- ಸೋನೆಹುಳಿ sonehuli
- Sanskrit
- अम्लवेतसः amlavetasah
- Tulu
- ಸೋನೆಪ್ಪುಲಿ soneppuli
- Mizo
- Sanghar-hmai
About Naga Vel
Begonia Vine (Cissus discolor) is a climber in the Vitaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Meghalaya and 9 other states. It grows in moist Deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from August to October.
Botanical family
Vitaceae
Grape family
Naga Vel belongs to the Vitaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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