Cayratia PEDATA (Lam.) Juss. ex Gagnep.
| Synonym : | Cissus heptaphylla Retz. Cissus pedata Lam. Lagenula pedata Lour. Vitis Pedata (Lam.) Wallich ex Wight |
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| Bangla Name : | Goalilata, Goalikanta. |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Vitaceae |
| Disease : | astringent. |
| Description : | A woody climber, with long forked dendrils. Leaves 7-11 foliolate, the lateral leaflets padately arranged, 5-12.5 cm long, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate. Flowers small, white, in axillary, divaricate, shortly pedunculate, corymbose cymes. Berry subglobose, about the size of a pea. |
| Distribution : | Sylhet (rare). |
| Chemical Constituents : | The plant yields a gum, which contains phenolic substances. It also contains linarin (acacetin 7-rutinoside) and water-soluble antigen. Seeds contain a fixed oil rich in palmitic, oleic and linoleic acids (Ghani, 2003). |
| Uses : | The plant is astringent. Decoction of the leaves checks uterine reflexes. |
| Habit : | Climber |