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Family: Menispermaceae
Vernacular names: Vallikanjiram, വള്ളിക്കാഞ്ഞിരം (Malayalam), Perunkattukodi (Tamil)
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia
Description: Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, ovate or lanceolate. Inflorescence axillary, panicle. Male flowers 2-7 at apex of inflorescence, yellow; Female flower solitary. Drupes on branched carpophores, oblong to obovoid.
Habit: Climbers/Lianas
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests and also sacred groves in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: April-December

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Anti-bacterial and antifungal. Leaf or root paste is applied on the bitten part of snake bite. Leaves juice are used in cuts and wounds.
Systems of Medicines: Folk,
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