Elekombuballi / Cissus
Cissus repens
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Assam, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- July-November
How to identify Elekombuballi
Identify Elekombuballi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple (single blade).
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Assam, Kerala, Sikkim and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Vitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Elekombuballi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cissus repens
- Genus
- Cissus
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Deciduous and Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Himalayas, India, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Assam, Kerala, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Simple (single blade)recorded
- Leaf shape
- CordaterecordedHeart-shaped, with a notch at the base.“It has heart shaped leaves, near them on the stem is the tendril.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Elekombuballi 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
- Tamil
- செம்பிரண்டை
- Kannada
- ಎಲೆಕೊಂಬುಬಳ್ಳಿ Elekombuballi, ಮರಡೆ Marade
- Malayalam
- ചുവന്ന ചുണ്ണാമ്പുവള്ളി
About Elekombuballi
Cissus (Cissus repens) is a climber in the Vitaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Assam, Kerala and 6 other states. It grows in deciduous and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to November.
Vitaceae
Grape family
Elekombuballi belongs to the Vitaceae family.
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