- Family : VITACEAE
(Grape Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : ANGOOR FAMILY (अंगूर फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Vitaceae
- Synonym(s) : Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cissus quadrangularis L.
- Common name : Adament creeper, Bone setter, Edible-stemmed vine
- Vernacular name :
- Harjora, Harsenkari (Hindi)
- Pirandai, Pirandi (Tamil)
- Nalleru (Telugu)
- Hadasara, Hodabhanga, Harsingaari, Hadasinkuda (Oria)
- Chanamparanda, Changalamparanda, Peranta (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climbing shrub
- Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical thorn forests
- Comments / notes : On foothils of scrub jungles and wasteland.
- Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
- Collector(s) Name : K.P.Sreenath, P.Prakash
- Collection Date : 03/02/1979
- Collection Nos : KFP 5702
- Collection Locality : Nanjangud, Mysuru district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Chhatarpur district
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
- Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lakshadweep Islands, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lakshadweep Islands, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- 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.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cissus quadrangularis. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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