Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Menispermaceae | Genus: Cissampelos | Species: Cissampelos pareira Linn.( जलजमिनी ) |
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| Synonym | Cissampelos cordifolia Bojer, Cissampelos discolor DC., Cissampelos heterophylla DC., Cissampelos orbiculata (Linn.) DC. Cissampelos tomentosa DC. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Patat Ki Bel, Abuta, Batindu, Barbasco | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | False pareira root | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Jaljamini | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Upto 2000 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Climber | Fruit Details | Drupes Obovoid, Scarlet, Endocarp Curved. |
| Habitat | Deciduous forests, also in the plains | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Sri Lanka and other countries in the Asian subcontinent | Bark Details | The bark is grayish-brown, wrinkled lengthwise, with ring-like elevations, interior yellowish-gray, porous, woody, coarsely fibrous |
| Distribution in Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Gurgaon, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Rewari, Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Cordate | ||
| Description of Species | Climbing shrubs, thicket forming also dextrose climbers which grow annually from perennial rootstocks. Leaves simple, alternate, orbicular or reniform, peltate, base cordate, margin ciliate, entire, apex acuminate or obtuse with mucronate tip. Petiole usually as long or longer the leaf lamina, tomentose or glabrate. Inflorescences pendulous, sub corymbose cymes; Male flowers in cymose, green to yellow. Sepals 4-6, pilose above, free. Petals 4, connate into a cup, greenish, puberulous outside.Stamens 4, synandrium peltate, filaments connate into a column, anthers 4 on top. Female flowers racemed and crowded in the axils of leaf-like, ovate-orbicular, persistant, bracts.Sepals 1, obovate.Petal 0-1, obovate, base cuneate. Fruit drupes obovoid, red when ripe, aobut, style scar subbasal, curved endocarp horse shoe shaped, with 9-11 transverse ridges | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate, orbicular or reniform, peltate, base cordate, margin ciliate, entire, apex acuminate or obtuse with mucronate tip. Petiole usually as long or longer the leaf lamina, tomentose or glabrate, about 3-12 cm long |
