Tetracera scandens
(syn: Delima aspera (Lour.) Blanco; Delima frangulifolia C.Presl; Delima hebecarpa DC.; Delima piripu DC.; Delima scandens (L.) Burkill; Delima tripetala Nees & Blume; Tetracera aspera (Lour.) Raeusch.; Tetracera fragrans Ridl.’ Tetracera hebecarpa (DC.) Boerl.; Tetracera loureiroi (Finet & Gagnep.) Pierre ex Craib; Trachytella actaea DC.; Trachytella aspera (Lour.) DC.; Trachytella calligonum DC.; Traxilisa aspera (Lour.) Raf.; Calligonum asperum Lour.; Persicaria piripu (DC.) M.R.Almeida; Actaea aspera Lour.);
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Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;
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Large climbing or creeping lianas, about 30-60 ft long. Bark thin, flaky, reddish brown. Stems about 4-6 cm thick. Leaves simple, obovate-oblong, oblong-elliptic or narrow ovate, 6-16 x 3-7 cm across, base acute to obtuse, margins subentire or faintly undulate or serrate, apex obtuse or rounded to acute, coriaceous, leathery, dark green shining above, glaucous beneath, lateral veins 8-12 on either side of the midrib, almost parallel, impressed above, more prominent on midrib, prominent on the veins beneath, petioles stout, about 1-2 cm long. Inflorescence axillary or terminal panicles, about 10-25 cm long, peduncles slender, slightly pubescent, about 0.5-2.5 cm long, Flowers bisexual, white, yellow, about 5-8 mm across, Calyx 4-5 toothed, sepals ovate, green or reddish green, imbricate, persistant, scabrid outside, often reflexed in fruit, Corolla 3 lobed, petals white or greenish white, about 3-5 x 2-4 cm across, Stamens free, numerous, filaments free, anthers linear. Carpels 1-2, glabrous, densely pubescent, styles curved, Fruits dry dehiscent pseudocarps, follicles globose, hairy, green, reddish brown, and black when ripe, about 1-0.6 cm in diameter, with tip of 1-3 mm long, seeds ovoid, about 4 x 3 mm across, shining black, aril about 2-3 mm long, fimbriate.
Dry thickets.
Local Distribution: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh. Global Distribution: Asia: China, India, Malaysia.
(Attributions- Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India. Indian Bioreso… as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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Id please, from Doldoli reserve forest, Karbi Anglong (Assam)
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What about Habitat and habit characters …, It’s Dilleniaceae member, Tetracera sp.,
Its wild woody creeper.
Fire vine (Tetracera nordtiana) ? please check .
Is it listed in Assam?
No, it’s not.listed, Listed vine is Tetracera scandens (L.) Merr. (Dilleneaceae), thanks a lot
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References: POWO Catalogue of Life (Tetracera sarmentosa subsp. sarmentosa) The Plant List Ver.1.1 GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China India Biodiversity Portal Wikimedia Commons