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strip in low-lying areas near base of escarpment and in some home gardens. Branches
used for fishing rods for small fish; flowers and leaves used in garlands and other body
ornamentation; seeds used to make garlands; young leaves and meristem crushed with
coconut oil as a cure for fever blisters; juice of fruit drunk as a cure for fits and
convulsion. 2, 3(58635), 4(119N), 5(19, 56), 6, 7, 8(9584).
VITACEAE (Grape Family)
Cissus sp. "cissus"
Recent introduction. Trop. Asia? Rare. Thick-stemmed vine; leaves, cordate;
flowers not seen. Planted ornamental. 6.
Vitis vinifera L. "grape"
Recent introduction. S . E. Europe to India. Rare. Tendril-bearing, woody vine;
leaves, 5 to 10 cm across, subcordate in outline, usually palmately lobed, usually serrate,
more or less glabrate above, white- or reddish-tomentose beneath; inflorescences, leaf-
opposed panicles; flowers bisexual and male, 5-merous; calyx, subtruncate; corolla, 5-
parted, petals coherent distally, the calyptra caducous before full anthesis; fruit, 1 to 2
cm in diameter, and ovoid to suglobose, 2- to 4-seeded berry, juicy, edible; seeds,
rostrate at base, light brown. Single immature plant at Location. 5, 6.