Cissus ASSAMICA (Lawson) Craib.


Synonym : Vitis assamica Lawson
Bangla Name : Amasha lata. ,Sarba amila (Chakma).
English Name : -
Family : Vitaceae
Disease : Hysteria and dysentery.
Description : A large woody climber with angular stems bearing reddish spots. Leaves roundly cordate or orbicular, cuspidate or suddenly and shortly acuminate, bristly serrate with recurved margins. Flowers minute in slender cymes. Fruit turbinate, size of a pea, black.
Distribution : Forests of Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Cox’s Bazar.
Chemical Constituents : -
Uses : The root extract is used for the treatment of hysteria. Stem is given for dysentery in Khagrachari.
Habit : Climber