Synonym : | Vitis barbata Wall. |
Bangla Name : | Jarila-lahari.,Khoissang (Chakma), Kanai Lak Ma, Dang gyai (Marma). |
English Name : | - |
Family : | Vitaceae |
Disease : | Swellings, pains,Jaundice ande boils. |
Description : | A large climber with peduncles bearing tendrils, branches covered with long spreading hairs, dark brown or black. Leaves 20-30 cm, cordate-ovate, membranous, sinuate-dentate. Flowers small, sessile, in large, lax, ovate paniculate cymes. Fruit the size of a large current, black when ripe.
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Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Dhaka, Tangail and Sylhet in forests |
Chemical Constituents : | - |
Uses : | Crushed stems and tubers rubbed against swellings and body pains. In Khagrachari district, decoction of the leaves mixed with water is used as a bath in Jaundice. Paste prepared from roots applied to the boils of children to cure. |
Habit : | Climber |