|
Ampelocissus tomentosa (B.Heyne & Roth) Planch., Vigne Amer. Vitic. Eur. 8: 375 1884. (syn: Ampelopsis ternata DC.; Vitis cinnamomea Wall.; Vitis cinnamomea Wall.; Vitis labrusca Lour.; Vitis lanata Wall.; Vitis obtusifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Vitis oppositifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.; Vitis ternata Roth ex Roem. & Schult.; Vitis tomentosa Heyne ex Roth; Vitis trifida Roth; Vitis triloba Roth);
.
India (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), Bangladesh, Myanmar [Burma] as per Catalogue of Life;
.
Common name: Hairy Wild Grape
.
Scandent shrubs; branchlets and leaves densely woolly. Leaves 15 x 15 cm, broadly ovate, 3-5-lobed, lobes acute, base cordate, serrate, densely floccose beneath, basally 5-nerved, tendrils branched; petiole to 6 cm, floccose. Cymes many branched, peduncles to 7 cm; flowers 5-merous, reddish; calyx lobes 1 mm, triangular, woolly; petals 2 mm, ovate, glabrous, disc prominent; stamens 5; ovary conical, stigma sessile. Flowering and fruiting: April-July
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
(From India Biodiversity Portal
Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi) /   ARJUL35 Confirmation of ID- Ampelocissus tomentosa? : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (2).
Bangalore 20th July Vitis sp.
Please refer this link (herbarium of Ampelocissus tomentosa) – Yes, it does look like Ampelocissus tomentosa (= Vitis tomentosa).
It is characterized mainly by – Inflorescence tendril-bearing; leaves deeply 3-5-lobed, tomentose above, cobwebby beneath; stems floccose-tomentose.
ANAUG46 Please confirm if fruits are of Ampelocissus tomentosa : 4 posts by 3 authors.
Camp Gee Dee Bangalore I think the ID is correct.
12 AUG 2017 VNR 01: ID : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8) Vitaceae member? it is a species of Ampelocissus. It may be A.tomentosa It is Ampelocissus tomentosa of Vitaceae .
  Request a climber Id 20feb2022-1: 2 high res. images. Habit: Climber
It looks like an epiphyte, the leaves appear solitary and densely hairy. Neyyar WLS, Agasthyamalai biosphere reserve.
Check with Ampelocissus latifolia It appears to be Ampelocissus tomentosa (B.Heyne & Roth) Planch. as per images and details herein and as per keys at Flora of Peninsular India, as leaves appear to be floccose.
May be Ampelocissus tomentosa (B.Heyne & Roth) Planch. as per comparative images at Ampelocissus |
Disclaimer
1. For any mistake in identification or for becoming efloraofindia e-group member (for contributing towards building of efloraofindia or otherwise), pl. mail to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com or itpmods@googlegroups.com
2. For better viewing of species’ pages, colour scheme & formatting is being followed as: Description of the species, Details of other flora species on the same page, Uses/ harms, Distribution, Abundance/ Location/ Flowering time & date, Habit & habitat, Etymology & pronunciation, Other interesting information, stories etc., Others, Botanical names, Common names, Main point of discussion below, Discussion about Botanical names.
Navigation
- Award for eFloraofIndia
- Colour scheme & formatting
- Copyrights, Permissions, Citations
- eFloraofIndia appreciated
- Names of Plants in India site
- Flowersofindia site
- Posting Guidelines
- For members’ information
- Logo, Tagline, Acronym
- Volunteers required
- ‘Pitamah’ of eFloraofIndia
- ‘अजेय’ ‘Ajey’ of eFloraofIndia
- ‘Saarthi’ ‘सारथि’ of eFloraofIndia
- ‘Jewel’ of eFloraofIndia
- ‘Grassman’ of eFloraofIndia
Follow us
