Family – Vitaceae – 6 genera in Sri Lanka

211.01. AMPELOCISSUS Planch.

A.indica(L.) Planch. [Vitis indica L.] S:towel, rata-bulat-wel T:sambaravali

A.phoenicantha Alston [Vitis tomentosa sensu Trimen non Heyne ex Roth]

211.02. CAYRATIA Juss.

C.pedata (Lam.) Juss. ex Gagnep. [Vitispedata (Lam.) Wall, ex Wight] [Vitis tenuifolia sensu Trimen non Wight & Am.] [Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep.] S:gerandi-dul-wel, mediya-wel T:kattuppirandai, naralai

C.reticulata (Lawson) Mabb. [Vitis reticulata Lawson] [Cayratia retivenia (Planch.) Susseng.]

C.trifolia (L.) Domin [Vitis carnosa (Lam.) Wight & Am.] S:wal-rat-diya-labu

211.03. CISSUS L.

C.adnata Roxb. [Vitis pallida Wight & Am.] [Cissus pallida (Wight & Am.) Steud.] [Wis adnata (Roxb.)Voigt]

C.gardneri Thw. [Vitis gardneri (Thw.) Lawson]

C.glyptocarpaThw. [Vitis glyptocarpa (Thw.) Lawson]

C.heyneana Steud. [Vitis heyneana Wight & Am.] S:wal-muddarappalam

C.latifoIiaLam. [Cissus acuminata Thw.] [ Vitis acuminata Tri men] S:waI-diya-Iabu

C.lonchiphyllaThw. [Vitis lonchiphylla (Thw.) Lawson]

C.quadrangularis L. [Wis quadrangularis (L.) Wight] S:hiressa, sirassa T:arugani, indiravalli, kiritti, pirandai, purandai, uchiradam, uttansanjivi, vachiravalli

C.trilobata Lam. [Vitis rheedei Wight & Am.]

C.vitiginea L. [Vitis linnaei Wight] S:wal-niviti Tkaddumuntiri

C.sp. [Vitis acuminata sensu Trimen]

211.04. CYPHOSTEMMA (Planch.) Alston

C.setosum (Roxb.) Alston [Cyphostemma setosa Roxb.] [Vitis setosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.] T:anaitta dichchai

211.05. TETRASTIGMA (Miq.) Planch.

T.nilagiricum (Miq.) Shetty [Vitis lanceolaria var. glycosmoides (Planch.) Trimen] [Tetrastigma muricata sensu Gamble]

211.06. VITIS L.

V.vinifera L.* E:grape

Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda.  Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA

Cissus quadrangularis , Family-Vitaceae , Common name-Hiressa, sirassa, හීරැස්ස , Origin-Native , Habit-Creeper , Ecology-Dry ,Comment-Cactus like stem with leaves appearing at the nodes., Referance-R9-476