Cayratia auriculata (Roxb.) Gamble
Cayratia auriculata (Roxb.) Gamble
Cayratia auriculata (Roxb.) Gamble
MC004 : Cayratia auriculata (Roxb.) Gamble
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 86 |
| 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; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Ambat vel, K-Kumbhela |
| Plant Family | : | Vitaceae |
| 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. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Dhargad, Kelpani |
| 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 | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Vitales |
| Family | : Vitaceae - Grape family |
| Genus | : Cayratia |
| Species | : Cayratia auriculata (Roxb.) Gamble |