PLANT SPECIES STUDIED

5.     CLIMBERS AND TWINERS

S.No.	BOTANICAL NAME OF THE TAXON	FAMILY	GROWTH HABIT	WILD, CULTIVATED, ESCAPE OR OTHER	FLOWER COLOUR	COMMON NAME	IMAGE
1	Clematis terniflora DC.	Ranunculaceae	Climber	Cultivated ornamental	White	Sweet Autumn Clematis, Sennin-So, Sweet Autumn Virgins bower, Fall Clematis, Leather leaf Clematis, Yam-leaved Clematis
2	Cissampelos pareira L.var. hirsuta (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Forman	Menispermaceae	Twining shrub	Wild	Yellowish	Velvet Leaf, False Pareira, Brava, Abuta, Pareira Root, Barbasco, Akanadi, Batindu, Katori
3	Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Hook. f. & Thomson	Menispermacea	Woody climber	Wild/Cultivated	Yellow	Gulbel, Indian Tinospora, Heart-leaved moonseed, Guduchi, Giloy, Guluchi, Gurch, Vajra etc.
4	Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr.	Menispermaceae	Woody Climber	Wild/Cultivated	Greenish Yellow	Malabar Gulbel Chinese Tinospora, Giloy, Gulancha, Gurch
5	Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz	Malpighiaceae	Woody Climber	Cultivated	Yellowish- Brown	Hiptage, Helicopter Flower, Madhavi Lata
6	Cayratia trifolia (L.) Domin	Vitaceae	Climber	Wild	Greenish-White	Bush Grape, Fox Grape, Three-leaved Wild Vine, Three Leaf Cayratia, Amalbel, Gidadrak, Ramchana, Tamanya
7	Vitis vinifera L.	Vitaceae	Climber	Cultivated	Whitish	Grape Vine, Angoor
8	Abrus precatorius L.	Fabaceae -Paplionoideae	Climber	Wild	Pink	Coral Bead Vine, Rosary Pea, Gunj, Chirmithi, Ghunghchi, Ratti
9	Clitoria ternatea L.	Paplionoideae	Climber	Cultivated	Blue, Pink or White	Butterfly Pea, Aparajita
10	Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet	Paplionoideae	Twiner	Cultivated	Pink, Blue, White	Bonavista Bean, Hyacinth Bean, Lablab Bean, Sem Bean, Indian Bean, Sem
11	Lathyrus odoratus L.	Paplionoideae	Climber	Cultivated	Variously coloured	Sweet Pea
12	Lathyrus oleraceus Lam.	Paplionoideae	Climber	Cultivated	White	Pea, Garden Pea, English Pea, Snap Pea, Mattar
13	Phaseolus vulgaris L.	Paplionoideae	Climber or Suberect	Cultivated	Pale White	Common Bean, French Beans, Kidney Beans, Bakla, Rajmah
14	Rhynchosia capitata (Heyne ex Roth) DC.	Paplionoideae	Twiner	Wild	Yellow	Not found
15	Vicia hirsuta (L.) Gray	Paplionoideae	Climber	Wild	White tinged with blue	Tiny Vetch, Hairy Vetch, Jhunjhuni Aankri
16	Vicia sativa L.	Paplionoideae	Climber	Wild	Blue-Purple, Purple to Red	Common Vetch, Garden Vetch, Tare Vetch, Vetch
17	Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilczek	Paplionoideae	Twiner	Cultivated	Greenish-Yellow to Yellow	Mung Bean, Green gram, Green bean, Green Moong, Moongi
18	Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata (L.) Walp.	Paplionoideae	Twiner	Cultivated	Greenish-Yellow	Asparagus Bean, Barbati, Black Eye Pea, Blue Goose Southern Pea, Common Cow Pea, Southern Pea, Wild Cow Pea, Raungi
19	Wisteria sinensis (Sims.) DC.	Paplionoideae	Woody climber	Cultivated	Mauve	Chinese Wisteria, Sweet Wisteria
20	Combretum indicum (L.) DeFilipps	Combretaceae	Woody Climber	Cultivated	White turning Reddish	Rangoon Creeper, Burma Creeper, Madhu Malti, Jhumka bel
21	Fuchsia magellanica Lam. OR Fuchsia. regia (Vande ex Vell) Munz	Onagraceae	Climbing Shrub	Cultivated	Wine Red	Hummingbird fuchsia, Hardy Fuchsia, Chilco (F. megallanica)
22	Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Wild	Pale-Yellow	Colocynth, Bitter Apple, Bitter Cucumber, Vine of Sodom Colocynth, Tumma
23	Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Cultivated	Yellow	Watermelon, Tarbooz
24	Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Wild	White	Ivy Gourd, Scarlet Gourd, Kowai fruit, Kundru
25	Cucumis maderaspatana L.	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Wild	Yellow	Bristly Bryony, Madras Pea Pumpkin, Rough Bryony, Bilari,  Kachari, Musmusa,  Paripushkara,  Pindila,  Send,  Setu
26	Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis (Naudin) Pangalo	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Wild	Yellow	Kachri, Chibbar
27	Cucumis melo var. momordica (Roxb.) Cogn. in A.& C. DC.	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Cultivated	Yellow	Phut
28	Cucurbita maxima Duchesne	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Cultivated	Yellow to Orange Yellow	Winter Squash
29	Cucurbita moschata Duchesne	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Cultivated	Pale-Yellow	Squashes, Mitha Kaddu, Mitha Kumara
30	Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) C. Jeffrey	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Wild	Greenish-Yellow	Lollipop Climber, Marble Vine, Native Bryony, Striped Cucumber, Shivalingi
31	Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Cultivated	Dirty-White	Bottle Gourd, Calabash, Kaddu, Lauki
32	Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Cultivated	Yellow	Sponge Gourd, Loofah, Smooth Luffa, Ghia Tori
33	Momordica balsamina L.	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Wild	Yellowish-Green	Balsam Apple, Balsam Pear, Southern Balsam Pear, African Cucumber; Baad (Hedge) Karela, Jangli Karela, Jhaar Karela
34	Momordica charantia L.	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Cultivated	Yellow	Bitter Gourd, Karela
35	Trichosanthes cucumerina L.	Cucurbitaceae	Climber	Wild	White	Wild Snake Gourd, Jangli Chachinda, Kadva Parvar, Pudel
36	Passiflora incarnata L.	Passifloraceae	Climber	Cultivated	Purplish- Blue	Purple Passion Flower, True Passion Flower, Maypop, Wild Apricot, Wild Passion Vine, Jhumka-lata
37	Passiflora vitifolia Kunth	Passifloraceae	Climber	Cultivated	Purple-Red	Perfumed Passion Flower, Grape-leaved Passion Fruit
38	Senecio macroglossum DC.	Asteraceae	Twiner	Cultivated	Pale Yellow	Cape Ivy, Wax Vine, Natal Ivy, Marguerite Ivy, Climbing Senecio
39	Jasminum grandiflorum L.	Oleaceae	Twining Shrub	Cultivated	White often tinged with Pink	Royal Jasmine, Spanish Jasmine, Catalonian Jasmine, Chameli, Jaati
40	Trachelospermum jasminoides (Lind.) Lem.	Apocynaceae	Woody Twiner	Cultivated	White	Confederate Jasmine, Star Jasmine
41	Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib	Apocynaceae	Twining Shrub	Wild	Pale Yellow	Telosma Vine, Surkilla
42	Vincetoxicum indicum (Burm.f.) Mabb.	Apocynaceae	Twiner	wild	Pale Green outside, Reddish Purple inside	Indian Ipecac, Indian Ipecacuanha, Emetic Swallow-wort, Vomitting Swallow-wort, Antamul Jangli Pikvan
43	Distimake aegyptius (L.) A.R. Simoes & Staples	Convolvulaceae	Twiner	Wild	White	Hairy Merremia, Hairy Morning Glory, Hairy Woodrose
44	Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.	Convolvulaceae	Twiner	Cultivated	Pink, White, Purple	Sweet Potato, Shakar-kandi
45	Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet	Convolvulaceae	Twiner	Wild	Pink, Purple or Reddish Purple	Cairo Morning Glory, Messina Creeper, Ivy-leaved Morning Glory, Coastal Morning Glory, Railway Creeper, Mile a minute Vine
46	Ipomoea eriocarpa R.Br.	Convolvulaceae	Twiner	Wild	Pink or Purple	Tiny Morning Glory, Wooly-fruited Morning Glory, Buta, Bhanwar
47	Ipomoea indica (Brum.) Merr.	Convolvulaceae	Twiner	Wild	Bright Violet Blue	Ocean Blue Morning Glory, Blue Dawn Flower, Blue Morning Glory
48	Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth.	Convolvulaceae	Twiner	Cultivated	Blue or Pink	Blue Morning Glory, Japanese Morning Glory, White-Edge Morning Glory; Jharmaric, Kala dana, Neelkalmi
49	Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.	Convolvulaceae	Twiner	Wild	White, Pink	Tiger Foot Morning Glory, Bind weed, Cupid’s Flower, Panch-patia
50	Ipomoea quamoclit L.	Convolvulaceae	Twiner	Cultivated	Red	Cypress Vine, Star Glory, Hummingbird Vine, Kamlata
51	Ipomoea triloba L.	Convolvulaceae	Twiner	Wild	Pinkish to Pale-Purple	Little Bell Morning Glory, Three-lobe Morning Glory, Pink Convolvulus, Aiea Morning Glory
52	Adenocalymma acutissimum Miers	Bignoniaceae	Woody Climber	Cultivated	Bright Yellow	Yellow Trumpet Vine
53	Campsis radicans (L.) Bureau	Bignoniaceae	Woody Climber	Cultivated	Orange Red	Trumpet Creeper, Yellow Trumpet Vine, Cow Itch Vine, Hummingbird Vine
54	Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) Lohmann	Bignoniaceae	Woody Climber or Scrambling Shrub	Cultivated	Yellow	Cat’s Claw Creeper, Cat’s claw trumpet, Cat’s Claw, Funnel creeper
55	Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A. H. Gentry	Bignoniaceae	Woody Climber	Cultivated	Violet- Pink	Garlic Vine, Lahsun Lata
56	Podoranea brycei (N.E. Br.) Sprague	Bignoniaceae	Woody Climber	Cultivated	Mauve-Pink	Zimbabwe Creeper, Queen of Sheeba, Port John’s Creepe
57	Pyrostegia venusta (Ker Gawl.) Miers.	Bignoniaceae	Woody Climber	Cultivated	Orange- Red	Flame Vine, Orange Trumpet Vine, Flaming Trumpet, Golden Shower Trumpet
58	Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.	Acanthaceae	Woody Climber	Cultivated	Blue or Purple with whitish throat	Bengal Clock Vine, Bengal Trumpet Clock Vine, Blue Sky Flower, Trumpet Vine
59	Clerodendrum splendens G. Don	Lamiaceae	Woody Climber	Cultivated	Red to Scarlet	Bleeding Heart Vine, Flaming Glory Bower, Pagoda Flower
60	Clerodendrum thomsoniae Balf. f.	Lamiaceae	Climber	Cultivated	Pale-Green	Bleeding Heart Vine, Glory Bower, Bleeding Glory Bower, Bag Flower
61	Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.	Polygonaceae	Climber	Cultivated	Dark Pink	Coral Vine, Mexican Creeper, Coralita, Bee Bush, San Miguelito Vine, Honolulu Creeper, Bride’s Tears, Chain of love, Hearts on a Chain, Love Vine
62	Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.	Nyctaginaceae	Woody Climber or Straggling Shrub	Cultivated	Purplish-Red to Purple or deep Rose, Crimson, Brick-Red	Great Bougainvillea, Boogan bel
63	Aristolochia littoralis Parodi	Aristolochiaceae	Twiner	Cultivated	Purplish brown with white markings	Calico Flower, Elegant Dutchman’s Pipe
64	Ficus pumila L.	Moraceae	Climber	Cultivated	Not Observed	Climbing Fig, Creeping Fig, Chhipkali Bel
65	Smilax perfoliata Lour.	Smilacaceae	Woody Climber	Cultivated	Greenish	Pierced Leaf Smilax
66	Epipremnum aureum (Linden & Andre) G. S. Bunting	Araceae	Climbing Herb	Cultivated	----	Money Plant, Golden Pothos, Ceylon Creeper, Hunter’s Robe, Ivy Arum, House Plant, Silver Vine, Solomon Islands Ivy, Marble Queen, Taro Vine, Devil’s Vine, Devil’s Ivy
67	Monstera deliciosa Liebm.	Araceae	Climbing Herb	Cultivated	----	Monstera, Split-leaf Philodendron, Window leaf, Ceriman
68	Philodendron bipinnatifidum (Schott ex Endl.) Sakur.	Araceae	Climbing Herb	Cultivated	----	Split-leaf Philodendron, Lacy tree Philodendron, Selloum, Horsehead philodendron
69	Syngonium podophyllum Schott	Araceae	Climbing Herb	Cultivated	----	Arrowhead Plant, Arrowhead Vine, Arrowhead Philodendron, Goosefoot African Evergreen, American Evergreen