Cyphostemma setosum - Bristly Wild Grape

❏ Binomial Name : Cyphostemma setosum (Roxb.) Alston

❏ Synonym : Cissus acida, Cissus setosus, Vitis setosa

❏ Family : Vitaceae

❏ Common Name : Bristly Wild Grape

❏ Tamil Name : Pulipirandai, Sangugelari, Sugambal 

❏ Hindi Name : Harmal 

❏ IUCN status : Not Evaluated

Cyphostemma setosum Botanical Description

Succulent climbers clothed with setose hairs. Leaves 3-foliolate, rarely lower ones simple, fleshy, subsessile; leaflets shortly petiolate, elliptic, ovate to obovate, obtuse, rounded at base, strongly serrate, to 7 x 5 cm; lateral veins obscure. Cymes on short side-branches, lax, trichotomous; peduncle up to 3 cm. long, indumentum as for stems; pedicels up to 5 mm. long, pubescent and with capitate-glandular hairs; bracts and bracteoles c. 2 mm. long, linear, pubescent. Flower-bud c. 2•5 mm. long, oblong-cylindric, constricted near the middle, pilose or glabrescent. Calyx 0•5 mm. long, subentire, pilose. Ovary glabrous or with a few glands; style c. 1•5 mm. long; stigma indistinct. Berry ovate, densely setose, bright red when ripe, 1-seeded; seeds ovoid, deeply pitted and crenate on the margins. Fl. &Fr.: November.

Cyphostemma setosum Medicinal uses

The leaves are applied to ulcers to promote suppuration and to assist in the extraction of Guinea worms.

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