MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC006 : Cissus repanda (Wight & Arn.) Vahl, |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 88 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Mostly climbing on tree trunks | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Vitaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | K-Jujil, Pani Bel, Wavy-leaved Cissus, Dekarbela, Gendal, | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Cissus acuminata Thwaites Cissus aquosa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. [Invalid] Cissus blumeana Hassk. [Illegitimate] Cissus gigantea (Bedd.) Planch. [Illegitimate] Cissus indica Rottler Cissus repanda var. subferruginea (Merr. & Chun) C.L.Li Cissus repens Thwaites [Illegitimate] Cissus rosea (Royle) Walp. Cissus vitifolia Salisb. Parthenocissus subferruginea Merr. & Chun Rinxostylis repanda (Vahl) Raf. Vitis gigantea Bedd. Vitis pallida Wight & Arn. Vitis repanda (Vahl) Wight & Arn. Vitis vitiginea var. repanda (Vahl) Kuntze. |
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| Description : | Pani Bel is a large, woddy, deciduous climber. It is so named because its watery sap is drunk by people in dry rural areas. Cylindrical branches are covered with rusty hairs when young. Leaves are broadly ovate or circular, 6-17 cm long, 4-15 cm broad, deeply heart-shaped at the base, tapering at the tip, margin toothed. Leaves becomes smooth when mature. Tony flowers are born in dull red umbel-like cymes. Sepal cup is hairy outside. Petals are 2-3 mm long, traingular, oblong. Berries are 7-10 mm long, pear-shaped. Flowering: March-April. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | relieve some of the symptoms of malaria; The root powder after heating is applied to cuts and fractures. Leaf poultice reduces the inflammation of boils. | |||||||||||||
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| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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