Tetrastigma muricatum
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
How to identify Tetrastigma muricatum
Identify Tetrastigma muricatum 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: Rough, spiny-textured fruit.
- Confirm leaf type: Palmately compound (leaflets radiate from one point).
- Confirm leaf surface: Hirsute (coarsely hairy).
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Vitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Tetrastigma muricatum.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Tetrastigma muricatum
- Genus
- Tetrastigma
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Palmately compound (leaflets radiate from one point)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Hirsute (coarsely hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Tetrastigma muricatum 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.
About Tetrastigma muricatum
Tetrastigma muricatum is a climbing shrub in the Vitaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Vitaceae
Grape family
Tetrastigma muricatum belongs to the Vitaceae family.
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