Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MC060 : Cissus quadrangularis

Plant Category : Climbers

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :

Synonym : Cissus quadrangula; Cissus tetraptera; Vitis quadrangularis;

Plant Common Name : Veldt Grape, Devil's Backbone • Assamese: harjora • Bengali: harbhanga, harjora • Hindi: hadjod, hadjora, jangli-angoor • Kannada: asthi samhaara, mangaravalli • Malayalam: cannalamparanta • Marathi: chaudhari, harsankar, kandavela • Oriya: hadasinkuda • Sanskrit: asthisamhari, asthisamhrta • Tamil: perandai • Telugu: gudametige, kokkitaya-ralu

Plant Family : VITACEAE

Description : a perennial shrub reaching a height of 1.5 m and has quadrangular-sectioned branches with internodes 8 to 10 cm long and 1.2 to 1.5 cm wide. Along each angle is a leathery edge (wing). Toothed trilobe leaves 2 to 5 cm wide appear at the nodes. Each has a tendril emerging from the opposite side of the node. Racemes of small white, yellowish, or greenish flowers; globular berries are red when ripe.

Plant Location in Melghat :

Medicinal Use / Activity : Veldt Grape has been used as a medicinal plant since antiquity. In siddha medicine it is considered a tonic and analgesic, and is believed to help heal broken bones, thus its name asthisamharaka (that which prevents the destruction of bones). It is said to have anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-oxidant, anthelmintic, antihemorrhoidal and analgesic activities. It is one of the most commonly used medicinal plants in Thailand. An infusion of the plant is antifungal and anthelmintic. The pulped stem is given in the treatment of asthma; is used as an alterative in cases of amenorrhoea; and is given in the treatment of haemorrhoids. The leaves or young stems are analgesic and also speed the rate of healing. They are crushed and applied as a poultice to ease the pain of broken bones; for the maturation of boils; to cure wounds and burns; to ease the pain of rheumatic joints; and also as a treatment for saddle sores on horses. The powdered dry roots are used for treating indigestion. The powdered root is considered to be a specific in the treatment of fractured bones.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: alpha-amyrin; alpha-amyrenone; Ampyrone; ascorbic acid;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (2):

Alpha-amyrin;

Ascorbic acid;

Plant's Current Status :

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book

Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :

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Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Rhamnales
Family : Vitaceae - Grape family
Genus : Cissus L. - treebine
Species : Cissus quadrangularis L. - veldt-grape

Cissus quadrangularis L. - veldt-grape
Cissus quadrangularis L. - veldt-grape
Cissus quadrangularis L. - veldt-grape