Cissus REPENS Lamk.
Synonym : | Cissus cordata Roxb. Vitis repens (Lamk.)Wight & Arn. Cissus purpurea Roxb. ex Steud. Vitis diffusa Miq. Vitis modesta Miq. |
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Bangla Name : | Marmaria pata, Chhoto Marmaria lata. ,Rimi Owa Rih, Owa Rong Si (Marma), Praw Ma (Murang). |
English Name : | - |
Family : | Vitaceae |
Disease : | Sloughing, foetid ulcerations and boils. |
Description : | A long, slender, climber, branches subterete, tendrils weak, leaf-opposed, forked. Leaves 7.5-15 cm long, membranous, broadly ovate, margins distinctly spinous-toothed, base deeply cordate. Flowers small, in leaf-opposed compound umbellate cymes. Berry subglobose or pyriform, 3-4 mm diam. |
Distribution : | Forests of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Rangamati, Mymensingh, Sylhet. |
Chemical Constituents : | - |
Uses : | Paste of the plant is applied to sloughing and foetid ulcerations, also to boils and small abscess as a maturant. Root paste and juice are given in dog bites. EtOH(50%) extract of the plant has diuretic effect (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
Habit : | Climber |