Ampelocissus LATIFOLIA (Roxb.) Planch.


Synonym : Vitis latifolia Roxb.
Bangla Name : Gowalia-lata, Govila, Peribel.
English Name : Jungle grape vine.
Family : Vitaceae
Disease : Muscular pain, sores, pneumonia, bone fracture and chronic dysentery.
Description : A large herbaceous climber with forked tendrils. Leaves 15-20 by 15-20 cm, orbicular, angled or lobed, crenate-serrate, cordate, often tinged with pink or purple beneath. Flowers small, dark red, in pyramidal panicled cyme. Fruit globose, black, succulent.
Distribution : Forests of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Rangamati and Sylhet.
Chemical Constituents : -
Uses : Plant is used in muscular pain, sores, pneumonia and bone fracture. Decoction of the stem bark is given in stomach pain. Root paste is applied to wounds to heal, decoction is given in cases of chronic dysentery.
Habit : Climber