Ampelocissus BARBATA (Wall.) Planch.


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.
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