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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Cissus quadrangularis |
| Family name: |
VITACEAE
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| English name: |
Veldt Grape
Devil's Backbone
Adamant Creeper
Bone Setter
Edible Stemmed Vine
Square-Stalked Vine
Winged Treebine
Four-angled Vine
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| Sinhala name: |
Heeressa (හීරැස්ස)
Siressa (සීරැස්ස )
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| Tamil name: |
Arugani
Indiravalli
Kiritti
Pirandai
Purandai
Uchiradam
Uttansanjivi
Vachiravalli
Arukani
Kirutti
Pirantai
Vaccira Valli
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| Sanskrit name: |
Asthibhanga
Asthisamhara
Asthiyuj
Chaturdharin
Chitrakandali
Kandalata
Siralaka
Vajravalli
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
A rambling shrub usually found climbing over bushes; stems thick, fleshy, glabrous, ridged and quadrangular; up to 3 cm in diameter, numerous tendrils arise from the nodes. Leaves simple, alternate, thickened, broadly ovate to suborbicular, obtuse, with a serrate margin, about 8 cm long and 6 cm broad. Inflorescences umbellate cymes. Flowers small, in occurring opposite the leaves, with a cup-shaped, lobed calyx; petals greenish-yellow and red tipped. Fruit is a berry, globose
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Scurvy
Dysmenorrhoea
Otorrhoea
Epistaxis
Fractures
Ulcers
Wounds
Earaches
Blenorrhagia
Palpitation of the heart
General pains
Earaches
Aneuria
General pains
Worm infestation
Anorexia
Haemorrhoids
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Leaves
Young shoots
Stem
Root
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Anthelmintic
Fish poison
Purifies the blood
Pacifies vitiated Vatha and Kapha doshas
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