Family: VitaceaeLocal name(Telugu): NalleruDistribution: Common over hedges and bushes in tropical forests of India, Africa and Asia.Succulant, herbaceous twiner, Stem green, 4 angled climbs up with the help of leaf opposed tendrils. Leaves fleshy, ovate, sub orbicular, reniform serrate; Floers greenish yellow,5-6mm across, 4 merous, in umbellate cymes opposite to the leaves. Calyx cup shaped; petals 4 triangular, stamens 4 anthers oblong,disc 4 lobed, adnate at the base of the ovary; ovary 2 celled,with 2 in each cell, style subulate; fruit a fleshy berry, globose and red when ripe.Leaves and tender stems are used as leafy vegitable, paste of stem along with lime is used to dress for wounds and sprain or bone fractures.
Kampung Belukar, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.Cissus quadrangularis L. Vitaceae. CN: [Malay - Pokok patah tulang, Sipatah-patah, Pokok buasir], Winged treebine, Veldt grape, Devil's backbone. Used in traditional medicine for the treatment of pile and fractured bones.Compounds that act as receptor antagonists of glucocorticoids have reduced the healing time of broken bones 30 to 50 percent in clinical trials.Synonym(s):Cissus bifida Schumach. & Thonn. Cissus quadrangula L. Cissus quadrangula Salisb.Cissus succulenta (Galpin) Burtt-Davy Cissus tetragona Harv. Cissus tetraptera Hook.f. Cissus triandra Schumach. & Thonn.Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex WightVitis quadrangularis (L.) Morales Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight Vitis succulenta GalpinRef and suggested reading:www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2722833www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?10622en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cissus_quadrangularisrepository.ipb.ac.id/bitstream/handle/123456789/46733/201...