Bendrichi Vel / Burman Clematis
Clematis hedysarifolia
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat
- Flowering
- September-April
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Clematis hedysarifolia
- Genus
- Clematis
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“Leaves - pinnate or bipinnate, opposite, in pairs alternately perpendicular, with wide intervals between the pairs, with 3 leaflets.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf type
- Bipinnately compoundrecordedThe leaf is divided twice — each 'leaflet' is itself a row of smaller leaflets, giving a fine, fern-like look.“Leaves - pinnate or bipinnate, opposite, in pairs alternately perpendicular, with wide intervals between the pairs, with 3 leaflets.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- EntirerecordedA smooth, unbroken edge with no teeth or notches.“Leaflets : leathery, green, glabrous, stalked, entire, ovate lanceolate, with acuminate apex, base rounded or cordate, strongly reticulate, .” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“Petiole : purplish, slightly hairy, up to 9 cm long, sometimes twining.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bendrichi Vel itself; the rest are typical of the Ranunculaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
- Flower arrangement
- PaniclerecordedA branching cluster of clusters.“Inflorescence - Flower panicles are arise in and at the end of branches, pendulous, many-flowered, branchlets stiff, decussately opposite and wide apart.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- AchenerecordedA small, dry, single-seeded fruit that does not split open.“Fruit/Seeds - Achenes compressed, broadly elliptic or ovate, hairy, 5mm × 3mm.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bendrichi Vel itself; the rest are typical of the Ranunculaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Gujarati
- મોરવેલ Morvel
- Konkani
- बेंद्रीची वेल Bendrichi Vel
- Marathi
- बेंद्रीची वेल Bendrichi Vel
About Bendrichi Vel
A member of the Ranunculaceae family, Burman Clematis (Clematis hedysarifolia) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra and Gujarat. It grows in moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to April.
Ranunculaceae
Buttercup/Crowfoot family
Bendrichi Vel belongs to the Ranunculaceae family.
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