Tetrastigma rumicispermum

(M. Laws.) Planch.

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Description

A woody climber. The tendrils are divided. The leaves have 5 leaflets spread out like fingers on a hand. The central leaflets is narrowly oval and 4-17 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. The flowers are in the axils of leaves or on branches opposite the leaves. The fruit is round berry up to 1 cm across. There are 2 or 3 seeds.

Edible Uses

The sweet fruit are eaten.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten. They are sweet.

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Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. In southern China it grows in forests on hillsides and valleys between 500-2,500 m above sea level. In Sikkim it grows between 1,500-2,300 m above sea level. In Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Asia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, SE Asia, Sikkim, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam,

Production

In Sikkim fruit are available October to November.

Synonyms

Vitis rumicisperma M. A. Lawson

Also Known As

Chacheri, Toludorrik

References (8)

Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 631
Dobriyal, M. J. R. & Dobriyal, R., 2014, Non Wood Forest Produce an Option for Ethnic Food and Nutritional Security in India. Int. J. of Usuf. Mngt. 15(1):17-37
Rashid, M. H., et al, 2013, Inventory of Threatened Plants of Bangladesh and their Conservation Management. International Journal of Environment. Vol. 3 No. 1 p 159
Sawian, J. T., et al, 2007, Wild edible plants of Meghalaya, North-east India. Natural Product Radiance Vol. 6(5): p 423 (As Vitis rumicisperma)
Singh, V. B., et al, (Ed.) Horticulture for Sustainable Income and Environmental Protection. Vol. 1 p 220

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Sundriyal, M., et al, 1998, Wild edibles and other useful plants from the Sikkim Himalaya, India. Oecologia Montana 7:43-54
Sundriyal, M., et al, 2004, Dietary Use of Wild Plant Resources in the Sikkim Himalaya, India. Economic Botany 58(4) pp 626-638
Wild edible plants of Himachal Pradesh