Vitaceae » Cissus repanda (syn. Vitis repanda)


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commonly known as: wavy-leaved cissus • Assamese: medmedia-lop • Hindi: पान बेल pan bel • Manipuri: kongngouyen • Marathi: गेंदळ gendal


at Burondi, Maharashtra

Dinesh, really good identification!
One small point:
I presume you thought that the Hindi name should be Pan Bel because of the paan-shaped leaves. However, I think the name Pani Bel comes from the fact that the watery sap of this climber is drunk by rural folks in the dry regions of Madhya Pradesh.  

It is on the site now:
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Pani%20Bel.html

Point well-made, Tabish
At both sites ENVIS - FRLHT and Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh it is mentioned as pani bel ... and I mistook it to be a typo carried all over.

Thank you very much for the correction and for the clarification too.