Cissus quadrangularis - Bone setter

❏ Binomial Name : Cissus quadrangularis L.

❏ Synonym : Cissus bifida,Vitis quadrangularis,Cissus triandra

❏ Family :  Vitaceae

❏ Common Name : Bone setter

❏ Tamil Name : Pirandai

❏ Hindi Name : Hadjora, Hadjod

❏ IUCN status : Not Evaluated

Cissus quadrangularis Botanical Description

Rambling, succulent, glabrous, deciduous shrubs; stem 4-angular, winged or ridged at angles, constricted at nodes; tendril simple. Leaves simple, entire or 3-lobed, 2-5 x 2-5 cm, ovate-suborbicular or subreniform, base truncate, margin distantly spinulose-crenate, apex obtuse, thick-coriaceous; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers in leaf-opposed, peduncled, umbellate cymes. Calyx-tube obscurely 4-lobed, 2 mm long, reddish. Petals c. 2.5 mm long, ovate, acute, greenish-yellow, recurved. Stamens 4; filaments to 2 cm long; anthers yellow. Disk 4-lobed, yellow. Ovary 1mm long, 2-celled; ovules 2 per cell. Berry 7 mm across, subglobose. Seeds black, smooth. Fl. &Fr.: June-January.

Cissus quadrangularis Medicinal uses

❀ Whole plant used to heal broken bones and injured ligaments and tendons.

❀ Cissus Quadrangularis Helps with Bones and the Skeletal System

❀ Cissus Quadrangularis Regulates Hormones and Helps with Weight Control

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