- Family : RHAMNACEAE
(Buckthorn Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BER FAMILY (बेर फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Rhamnaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ventilago maderaspatana Gaertn.
- Common name : Red creeper
- Vernacular name :
- Pitti (Hindi)
- Aithaala beelu (Kannada)
- Vempadankodi, Vempadam, Pappili (Tamil)
- Ettasurugudu, Ettashirattalativva, Surlaitige, Surudugudu (Telugu)
- Raktapita, Pichali, Petchurimal, Sajumalo, Torida, Petchuri, Raktakhai, Pitchule (Oria)
- Dineshvalli, Rakthavalli (Sanskrit)
- Vembada, Marapettykody (Malayalam)
- Habit : Liana
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : In scrub jungles on foothills up to 1300m.
- Key identification features : Slender climbing shrub
- Flower, Fruit : December-April
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district
- Karnataka : Ballari district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Sambalpur district, Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Bihar : Bihar
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, Malay Peninsula
- 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
- 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.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 129
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ventilago maderaspatana. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.
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