✿Vitaceae · Cissus
Elekombuballi / Cissus
Cissus repens
Climber
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Assam, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- July-November
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.
Botanical family
Vitaceae
Grape family
Elekombuballi belongs to the Vitaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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