Cayratia mollissima (Wall.) Gagn.

 
  • Family : VITACEAE
    (Grape Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ANGOOR FAMILY (अंगूर फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Vitaceae
  • Basionym : Vitis mollissima Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cayratia mollissima (Planch.) Gagnep.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kanakallate-kai (Kannada)
  • Habit : Liana
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Common in forests of Western Ghats. Fruits are used in curry.
  • Key identification features : Climbing shrub
  • Flower, Fruit : March-December
  • Collector(s) Name : S.R.Ramesh, S.B.Manohar; Cecil J. Saldanha, S.R.Ramesh
  • Collection Date : 17-05-1979, 28-06-1978
  • Collection Nos : KFP 7713, KFP 1821
  • Collection Locality : Doddasampige, B.R.Hills, Chamarajnagar district (KA); Agumbe Forest; Shimogga district (KA)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Tamil Nadu : The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
    • Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cayratia mollissima. Downloaded on 5 October 2024.

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