Family :
Flora of Nilgiri Biosphere (Northern Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve)
Vitaceae
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Leaf Apex
Acuminate
Leaf Base
Sub-Cordate
Leaf Margin
Dentate
Habit : A small erect shrub.
Habitat and Distribution : Plains from the coast to 900m. Peninsular India, Sri Lanka.
Indigenous Information : Leaves have medicinal value.
Field Tips : The whole plant is grey tomentose, leaves 5 angular or deeply lobed.
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Names:
Irula : More chedi
Flower:
In umbellate cymes, yellow. Flowering from June-November.Fruit :
A berry, pyriform, apiculate, blue. Seed 1. Fruiting throughout the year.
