About Tetrastigma leucostaphylum
Tetrastigma leucostaphylum, the Indian chestnut vine, is a flowering plant in the family Vitaceae. It is native to Sri Lanka, India, Nepal and South East Asia. Its leaves are in clusters of three, five or seven and fan out from a single point. The middle one is often the biggest.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tetrastigma leucostaphylum
- Genus
- Tetrastigma
- Family
- VITACEAE
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests, also in sacred groves
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malay Islands, Malay Peninsula
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Nepali
- चरचरे लहरो Charachare Laharo
- Tamil
- Pirantaikkoti
- Malayalam
- vallia-tsjori-valli
Botanical family
Vitaceae
Grape family
Tetrastigma leucostaphylum belongs to the Vitaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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