Grown in homesteads and agricultural areas A well known bone setter. The plant is known to have antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, anthelmintic and analgesic properties.
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A well known bone setter. The plant is known to have antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, anthelmintic and analgesic properties.
family
Vitaceae
synonym
Cissus quadrangula L., Vitis succulenta Galpin of
description
Rambling, succulent shrubs; stem 4-angular, winged or ridged at angles, constricted at nodes; tendril simple. Leaves × simple, entire or 3-lobed, 2-5 2-5 cm, ovate- suborbicular or subreniform, base truncate, margin distantly spinulose-crenate, apex obtuse, thick-coriaceous; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers in leaf-opposed umbellate cymes. Calyx-tube obscurely 4-lobed, reddish. Petals ovate, acute, greenish-yellow. Stamens 4; anthers yellow. Disk yellow. Ovary ca. 1mm long. Berry ca. 7 mm across, subglobose; seeds black, smooth.
native range
Probably Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka
distribution
Widespread in the drier parts of Africa, Arabia and Indo-Malaysia
english names
Adament creeper · Bone is setter · Edible-stemmed vine