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Cissus quadrangularis L.

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Cissus quadrangularis L.
Cissus quadrangularis L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCissus bifida Schum. & Thonn.
synonymCissus edulis Dalz.
synonymCissus quadrangula Salisb.
synonymCissus quadrangulus L.
synonymCissus succulenta (Galpin) Burtt Davy
synonymCissus tetragona Harv.
synonymCissus triandra Schum. & Thonn.
synonymSaelanthus quadragonus Forssk.
synonymVitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall.
synonymVitis succulenta Galpin
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Harjora
  • Harjora-lata
Bengali
  • Harbhanga
  • Hasjora
English
  • Adament creeper
  • Bone setter
  • Edible-stemmed vine
  • Edible vine
  • Veldt-grape
Hindi
  • Hadjod
  • Hadjora
Irula
  • Naralai kodi
Malayalam
  • Chanamparanda
  • Changalamparanda
  • Peranta
Marathi
  • घणसकांडें Ghanasakande
  • घणसवेल Ghanasvel
  • घोणसकांडें Ghonasakande
Other
  • Chanamparanda
  • Naralaikodi
  • Perandai
  • Veld Grape
  • Veldt Grape
  • Winged Treebine
Sanskrit
  • अस्थिसंहारक Asthisamharaka
Tamil
  • Changalaparanda
  • Perandai
  • Pirandai
Telugu
  • Nalleru
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Climber
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Habit: Scandent shrub
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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        Habit: A succulent, rambling shrub, to 4m.
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          Rambling, succulent, glabrous, deciduous shrubs; stem 4-angular, winged or ridged at angles, constricted at nodes; tendril simple. Leaves simple, entire or 3-lobed, 2-5 x 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, peduncled, umbellate cymes. Calyx-tube obscurely 4-lobed, c. 2 mm long, reddish. Petals c. 2.5 mm long, ovate, acute, greenish-yellow, recurved. Stamens 4; filaments to 2 cm long; anthers yellow. Disk 4-lobed, yellow. Ovary c. 1mm long, 2-celled; ovules 2 per cell. Berry c. 7 mm across, subglobose. Seeds black, smooth.
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            📚 Natural History
            Cyclicity
            Flowering: July - September Fruit : October - January
            Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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              Flowering and fruiting: June-January
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                Morphology
                A climber with stout stem, fleshy, quadrangular and contracted at the node. Branching is dichotomous. Flowers are in cymose inflorescence, whitish. Fruit globose, red when ripe. The climber is armed with long tendrils
                Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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                  Flower

                  In umbellate cymes, leaf oppossed; greenish-yellow, red tipped. Flowering throughout the year.

                  Fruit

                  A globose berry, apiculate; green turning red when ripe; seed smooth. Fruiting throughout the year.

                  Field tips

                  Stem 4-angular, winged, contracted at nodes. Leaves early caducous.

                  Leaf Arrangement

                  Alternate distichous

                  Leaf Type

                  Simple

                  Leaf Shape

                  Ovate-suborbicular to reniform

                  Leaf Apex

                  Round

                  Leaf Base

                  Round

                  Leaf Margin

                  Serrate

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                    Miscellaneous Details
                    Notes: Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
                    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                      📚 Habitat and Distribution
                      General Habitat
                      Open forests, cultivated
                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                        Common in the plains, from scrub jungles and wastelands to 900m, on thickets. India and widespread in drier parts of Africa and Arabia.
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                          Dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                            Description
                            Global Distribution

                            India: Assam, Kerala, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh

                            Indian Distribution

                            Barak Valley, Bongaigaon

                            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                              Maharashtra: Kolhapur Kerala: Alapuzha, Idukki, Kottayam, Malapuram, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
                              G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                              Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                                Global Distribution

                                Widespread in the drier parts of Africa, Arabia and Indo-Malesia

                                Indian distribution

                                State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                                  Very common in the scrub lands and deciduous forests from plains to 500m. Africa, Arabia and India.
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                                    📚 Occurrence
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                                    📚 Uses and Management
                                    Uses

                                    System of Medicines Used In

                                    Ayurveda
                                    Ayurveda
                                    Folk medicine
                                    Folk medicine
                                    Siddha
                                    Siddha
                                    The young shoots are eaten as curries; also used as medicine in treatment of bone fracture
                                    Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
                                    Attributions Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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                                      System Of Medicines Used In

                                      Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                                      FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=547
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                                        The young leaves are very frequently used by traditional bone setters of India.
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                                          Medicinal
                                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                                            Folklore
                                            Indigenous Information: The young stem and leaves are made into chutney eaten as an appetizer. Stem used as a rope.
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                                              📚 Information Listing
                                              References
                                              1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=547
                                              1. Cissus quadrangularis L., Mant. Pl. 1: 39. 1767; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 233(167). 1915; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 108. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 135. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 121. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 71. 1999; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 288. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 135. 2005; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 753. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 179. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 235. 2009.
                                              2. Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight, Cat. Ind. Pl. 26.1833; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:645.1875.
                                              1. Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
                                              Information Listing > References
                                              1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=547
                                              2. Cissus quadrangularis L., Mant. Pl. 1: 39. 1767; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 233(167). 1915; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 108. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 135. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 121. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 71. 1999; Shetty & P. Singh in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 288. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 135. 2005; B.V. Shetty & P. Singh in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 753. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 179. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 235. 2009.
                                              3. Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight, Cat. Ind. Pl. 26.1833; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:645.1875.
                                              4. Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004

                                              Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Flora Utilized by the Traditional Healers in Mappillaiyurani Village, Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu, India

                                              Dr. V. Vadivel

                                              STUDY OF DIVERSITY OF ETHNOBOTANICAL PLANTS USED BY THE MISHING TRIBES OF GOLAGHAT DISTRICT, ASSAM AND THEIR CONSERVATION

                                              Mayur Bawri

                                              Wild vegetables of Karbi - Anglong district, Assam

                                              Mayur Bawri

                                              Wild edible plants of Hassan District, Karnataka: A role in ayurvedic formulation

                                              Dr. G. M. Prashanth Kumar

                                              Documentation of Wild Leafy Vegetables of Hassan District, Karnataka

                                              Dr. G. M. Prashanth Kumar
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                                              📚 Meta data
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                                              🐾 Taxonomy
                                              RootRoot
                                              KingdomPlantae
                                              PhylumTracheophyta
                                              ClassMagnoliopsida
                                              OrderVitales
                                              FamilyVitaceae
                                              GenusCissus
                                              SpeciesCissus quadrangularis L.
                                              📊 Temporal Distribution
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