Pirantaikkoti
Tetrastigma leucostaphylum
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- January-August
How to identify Pirantaikkoti
Identify Pirantaikkoti 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: White berry clusters.
- Confirm leaf type: Palmately compound (leaflets radiate from one point).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Vitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pirantaikkoti.
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
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malay Islands, Malay Peninsula
- Found in India
- Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Palmately compound (leaflets radiate from one point)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pirantaikkoti 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
- Nepali
- चरचरे लहरो Charachare Laharo
- Tamil
- Pirantaikkoti
- Malayalam
- vallia-tsjori-valli
About Pirantaikkoti
A member of the Vitaceae family, Tetrastigma leucostaphylum is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 7 other states. It grows in evergreen, semi-evergreen, moist deciduous and shola forests, also in sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from January to August.
Vitaceae
Grape family
Pirantaikkoti belongs to the Vitaceae family.
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