Cissus quadrangularis, Changalamparanda, Adament creeper, ചങ്ങലംപരണ്ട

Family: Vitaceae
Vernacular names: Changalamparanda, ചങ്ങലംപരണ്ട (Malayalam), Adament creeper (English), Ajravalli (Sanskrit), Pirandai (Tamil)
Distribution: Widespread in the drier parts of Africa, Arabia and Indo-Malesia
Description: Climbing shrubs. Stem 4-angular, winged or ridged at angles. Leaves simple, entire or 3-lobed. Flowers greenish-yellow, cymes umbellate. Berry, subglobose; seeds black, smooth.
Habit: Climbers/Lianas
Habitat: Cultivated in homesteads
Flowering & Fruiting: June-January

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Whole plant is bitter, thermogenic, laxative, anthelmintic, carminative, digestive, stomachic, depurative, aphrodisiac and ophthalmic. Whole plant is used for the treatment of anorexia, dyspepsia, colic, flatulence, skin diseases, leprosy, haemorrhages, chronic ulcers, tumours, epilepsy, convulsions, factures and swellings. Shoots are useful in scurvy, colonopathy, asthma, burns and wounds. Powdered roots or stem paste are used in bone fractures.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani,
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