• Family : VITACEAE
  (Grape Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ANGOOR FAMILY (अंगूर फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : VITACEAE
• Basionym : Vitis pallida Wight & Arn.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Not found in The Plant List
• Vernacular name : Mandaka balli (Kannada); Nanaminukki (Tamil)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Scrub and dry deciduous forest
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills above 750m.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R, Raja K.Swamy & Rajasri Ray
• Collection Date : 12/09/2014
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-64
• Collection Locality : Alangayam R.F., Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district
  • Karnataka : Bellary district, Kolar district
  • Maharashtra : Jalgaon district, Nashik district, Osmanabad district, Parbhani district, Pune district, Satara district, Thane district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : India, Himalayas, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cissus pallida. Downloaded on 4 April 2025.

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