MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MC004 : Cayratia auriculata (Roxb.) Gamble |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : | 86 |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Dhargad, Kelpani | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Climbers | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Current Status : | - | |||||||||||||
| Plant Family : | Vitaceae | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Ambat vel, K-Kumbhela | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Cyphostemma auriculatum (Roxb.) P.Singh & B.V.Shetty. Cissus auriculata Roxb. Cissus auriculata DC. [Illegitimate] Cissus helleborifolia Zipp. ex Span. Vitis auriculata (Roxb.) Wall. Vitis auriculata (Roxb.) Wall. ex M. Lawson Vitis erythroclada Kurz |
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| Description : | Eared Cyphostemma is a large climber with densely velvety branches. Leaves are palmately divided into 5 leaflets. Leaflets are obovate, 6-14 cm long, 2.5-7.5 cm wide, with a wedge-shaped base and toothed margins. Leaflets end in an abruptly pointed tip. Flowers are greening cream, borne in flat-topped clusters which are carried on long stout stalks, which are longer than the leaf stalks. Sepals cup is 0.5 mm, with 4 sepals. Petals are also 4, green, ovate-lanceshaped, 2.5 mm long. Fruit is a 1-seeded red round berry, 1.2 cm across. is found in the Eastern and Western Ghats. Flowering: June-October. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | Bark is taken in one cup of water for immunity. Paste or infusion of is applied on the spot of bite or given orally for 2-3 days for treating snake bite.; mouth boils; | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | - | |||||||||||||
| Reference : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
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