Causonis trifolia
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves, Fruit
The leaves are boiled with salt and eaten, and the round berries are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Andamans, Asia, Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Himalayas, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, Northeastern India, Pacific, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, SE Asia, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam,
How to Identify
A woody creeper. It grows 2-20 m long. The branches have ridges along them. They are slightly hairy. The tendrils are 3-5 branched. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are oval and 3-6 cm long by 1.5-4 cm wide. They have hairs on top. The fruit are round berries 7-8 mm across. They have 2-3 seeds. The seeds are triangle shaped.
Medicinal Uses
The plant has several important medicinal properties.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Causonis trifolia commonly known as bush grape, fox-grape, three-leaved wild vine or threeleaf cayratia is a species of plant native to regions from India, through Southeast Asia to Australia and the western Pacific Ocean. It is a vine with a stem diameter up to 7 cm (2.8 in), trifoliate leaves and blackish berries. Its leaves contain several flavonoids, such as cyanidin and delphinidin. Hydrocyanic acid is present in the stem, leaves and roots.
Notes
It has several important medicinal properties.
Names & Synonyms
References (4)
- Balkrishna, A., et al, 2022, Indigenous Uses of Plants among Forest-dependent Communities of Seijosa, Arunachal Pradesh. International Journal of Economic Plants 2022, 9(1):064-080
- Ferns, Useful Tropical Plants.
- Flora of China
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
