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Family: Vitaceae	Genus: Cissus	Species: Cissus quadrangularis Linn.( हड़जोड़ )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cissus edulis Dalzell, Cissus quadrangula L., Cissus tetragona Harv.	Flower Color	Red - Pink
Common Name	Hadjora, Hadjod	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Adament Creeper, Edible-stemmed Vine, Bone Setter	Flowering Period	July-Sept
Vernacular /Local Name	Hadjod	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 900m	Fruit Type	Berry
Habit	Shrub	Fruit Details	Fruit a berry c. 7 mm across, subglobose.seeds black, smooth
Habitat	Dry Deciduous Forests, Also In The Plains	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Widespread In The Drier Parts Of Africa, Arabia And Indo-Malesia, Sri Lanka	Bark Details	Bark pale grey, smooth and slender when young
Distribution in Haryana	Sonepat	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Ovate
Description of Species	Scrambling succulent, glabrous, deciduous climber. Stem four angular, winged or ridged at angles, constricted at nodes, tendril simple. Leaves simple, entire or 3-lobed, ovate-suborbicular or subreniform, base truncate, margin distantly spinulose-crenate, apex obtuse, thick-coriaceous. Petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers in leaf-opposed, peduncled, umbellate cymes, calyx-tube obscurely 4-lobed, reddish. petals ovate, acute, greenish-yellow, recurved. stamens 4. Fruit a berry c. 7 mm across, subglobose.seeds black, smooth	Leaf Details	Leaves simple, entire or 3-lobed, ovate-suborbicular or subreniform, base truncate, margin distantly spinulose-crenate, apex obtuse, thick-coriaceous. Petiole to 1 cm long.

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