Cissus adnata
(Wall.) Roxb.
Endeavour River Vine
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit, Leaves, Root
The fruit are edible but leathery with an unpleasant taste. The leaves are cooked and eaten, and sometimes the fibrous root is cooked and eaten.
Known Hazards
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows most commonly on medium to heavy, moist soils. It suits a shaded and protected position. It is drought and frost tender. It grows along stream banks in open forest. In Sikkim it grows between 300-1,000 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
Asia, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Himalayas, India, Indochina, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeastern India, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, PNG, SE Asia, Sikkim, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam,
How to Identify
A woody creeper or vine that keeps growing from year to year. It will climb to 5-15 m high and spread to 4 m across. The stem is slender and woody. It climbs by tendrils which attach to objects. It usually loses all its leaves during the dry season. Young shoots are covered with brown hairs. The leaves are dull green and 6-12 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. They are broad and round or heart shaped. They have saw like teeth along the edge. The veins in the leaf are easy to see. The flowers are in small dense heads. They are green or cream and 2 mm wide. The flower bunches are produced in the axils of leaves near the ends of branches. The fruit are green berries which become black when ripe. They are 6-8 mm long. They resemble grapes. The are edible, but not attractive. They contain one seed which is round and 4-6 mm across.
How to Grow
Plants are grown from seed or cuttings. The plant regrows each year from the rootstock.
Medicinal Uses
The root is alterative, diuretic and blood purifier. A cold infusion of the pounded root is taken as a treatment for cough. Applied externally, the powdered root is heated and used as a poultice on cuts and fractures. The juice from the stem is taken as a treatment for cough and diarrhoea. Externally the leaves are applied as a poultice for the maturation of boils.
Other Uses
The stem is commonly used for cordage.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Cissus adnata is a woody vine species in the genus Cissus found in Asia and Australia. Pallidol is a resveratrol dimer found in C. pallida.
Production
In India plants flower and fruit from November to January.
Notes
There are about 200-350 Cissus species. There are about 75 species in tropical America.
Names & Synonyms
Alianga-lata, Bodlarnari, Charchare, Gudamatige, Gudmatige, Kokkitayaralu, Kolezan, Kongouyen, Kung chen-rik, Nadena, Native grape, Pani-lara
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