Pani Bel
Cissus repanda
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- February-September
How to identify Pani Bel
Identify Pani Bel by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Wavy (repand) leaf margin.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple (single blade).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Vitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pani Bel.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cissus repanda
- Genus
- Cissus
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Indian subcontinent
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Indo-China
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-September
- 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 Pani Bel 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
- Hindi
- पानी बेल pani bel
- Nepali
- झुलेती jhuletee
- Telugu
- గుమ్మడి తీగ gummadi thige, నేలబొడ్డు nelaboddu, పసుపు గోదాని తీగ pasupu godani thiga
- Kannada
- ಎಲೆಕೊಂಬು ಬಳ್ಳಿ elekombu balli, ಮುಡಿ ಬಳ್ಳಿ mudi balli
- Marathi
- गेंदाळ gendal
About Pani Bel
A member of the Vitaceae family, Pani Bel (Cissus repanda) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttarakhand and 3 other states. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from February to September.
Vitaceae
Grape family
Pani Bel belongs to the Vitaceae family.
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