Jungli Kajorni / Eared Cyphostemma
Cyphostemma auriculatum
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan
- Flowering
- May-October
How to identify Jungli Kajorni
Identify Jungli Kajorni 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: Ear-shaped (auriculate) leaf base.
- Confirm leaf type: Simple (single blade).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan.
- Confirm it sits within the Vitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Jungli Kajorni.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cyphostemma auriculatum
- Genus
- Cyphostemma
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Rajasthan
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Simple (single blade)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Jungli Kajorni 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
- Marathi
- जंगली काजोर्णी jungli kajorni, काळी वेल kali vel
About Jungli Kajorni
Eared Cyphostemma (Cyphostemma auriculatum) belongs to the Vitaceae family, where it grows as a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra and Rajasthan. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to October.
Vitaceae
Grape family
Jungli Kajorni belongs to the Vitaceae family.
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