✿Rhamnaceae · Ventilago
Raidhani / Toothed-Leaf Red Creeper
Ventilago denticulata
Liana
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- September-June
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ventilago denticulata
- Genus
- Ventilago
- Family
- Rhamnaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Tropical Asia
- Distribution
- India, China, Myanmar, Malesia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Assam, Telangana, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Characters marked “recorded” are for Raidhani itself; the rest are typical of the Rhamnaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Rhamnaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- राईधानी Raidhani, लाल बेली Lal-beli
- Nepali
- सनरजोम Sanarjom
- Tamil
- ஸுருல் Surul, Vembadam
- Kannada
- Boppili chekke, Gapsandi balli, Gopsandi
- Marathi
- खांड वेळ Khaand vaela, Sakala vaela, Sakalyel
About Raidhani
A member of the Rhamnaceae family, Toothed-Leaf Red Creeper (Ventilago denticulata) is a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and 14 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to June.
Botanical family
Rhamnaceae
Buckthorn Family
Raidhani belongs to the Rhamnaceae family.
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