Cissampelos pareira

Cissampelos pareira L.
Family Menispermaceae

Synonyms: Cissampelos argentea Kunth, Cissampelos auriculata Miers, Cissampelos australis A.St.-Hil., Cissampelos benthamiana Miers, Cissampelos boivinii Baill., Cissampelos bojeriana Miers, Cissampelos caapeba L., Cissampelos canescens Miq., Cissampelos cocculus Poir., Cissampelos consociata Miers, Cissampelos convolvulacea Willd., Cissampelos cordifolia Bojer, Cissampelos cumingiana Turcz., Cissampelos delicatula Miers, Cissampelos diffusa Miers, Cissampelos discolor DC., Cissampelos discolor A.Gray, Cissampelos diversa Miers, Cissampelos elata Miers, Cissampelos ellenbeckii Diels, Cissampelos eriantha Miers, Cissampelos eriocarpa Triana & Planch., Cissampelos glaucescens Triana & Planch., Cissampelos gracilis A.St.-Hil., Cissampelos grallatoria Miers, Cissampelos guayaquilensis Kunth, Cissampelos haenkeana C.Presl, Cissampelos hederacea Miers, Cissampelos heterophylla DC., Cissampelos hirsuta Buch.-Ham. ex DC., Cissampelos hirsutissima C.Presl, Cissampelos kohautiana C.Presl, Cissampelos limbata Miers, Cissampelos littoralis A.St.-Hil., Cissampelos longipes Miers, Cissampelos madagascariensis Miers, Cissampelos madagascariensis (Baill.) Diels, Cissampelos mauritiana Thouars, Cissampelos microcarpa DC., Cissampelos monoica A.St.-Hil., Cissampelos myriocarpa Triana & Planch., Cissampelos nephrophylla Bojer, Cissampelos obtecta Wall. ex Miers, Cissampelos obtecta Wall., Cissampelos orbiculata (L.) DC., Cissampelos orinocensis Kunth, Cissampelos pannosa Turcz., Cissampelos pareiroides DC., Cissampelos pata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn., Cissampelos perrieri Diels, Cissampelos pilgeri Diels, Cissampelos poilanei Gagnep., Cissampelos reticulata Borhidi, Cissampelos salzmannii Turcz., Cissampelos subpeltata Thwaites, Cissampelos subpeltata Thwaites ex Miers, Cissampelos subreniformis Triana & Planch., Cissampelos tamoides Willd. ex DC., Cissampelos testudinum Miers, Cissampelos tetrandra Roxb., Cissampelos tomentocarpa Rusby, Cissampelos tomentosa DC., Cissampelos violifolia Rusby, Cocculus membranaceus Wall. [Invalid], Cyclea madagascariensis Baill., Cissampelos discolor var. cardiophylla A.Gray, Cissampelos littoralis var. minutiflora A.St.-Hil. & Tul., Cissampelos pareira var. australis (A.St.-Hil.) Diels, Cissampelos pareira var. caapeba (L.) Eichler, Cissampelos pareira f. emarginatomucronata Chodat & Hassl., Cissampelos pareira var. gardneri Diels, Cissampelos pareira var. haenkeana (C.Presl) Diels, Cissampelos pareira var. hirsuta (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Forman, Cissampelos pareira var. laevis Diels, Cissampelos pareira var. mauritiana (Thouars) Diels, Cissampelos pareira var. monoica (A.St.-Hil.) Eichler, Cissampelos pareira var. nephrophylla (Bojer) Diels, Cissampelos pareira var. orbiculata (L.) Miq., Cissampelos pareira var. pareira, Cissampelos pareira var. peltata Scheff., Cissampelos pareira var. racemiflora Eichler, Cissampelos pareira var. tamoides (Willd. ex DC.) Diels, Cissampelos pareira var. transitoria Engl., Cissampelos pareira var. wildei Benv.

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Cissampelos pareira, Laghu patta, Vatta thiruppi, adavi banka teega

Cissampelos pareira L.
Synonym: Cissampelos mucronata A. Rich.
Family: Menispermaceae
• Assamese: tubukilota
• Bengali: kijri
• Chinese: xí shēng téng 锡生藤 or 亞乎奴
• English.: Velvet leaf, False pareira brava,
• French: Faux pareira brava, Paria brava, Liane amère, liane corde, liane serpent
• Gujarati: વેણીવેલ venivel
• Hindi: bhatvel, padh, Parhi, Akauadi
• Kannada: ಪರೆರಾ ಬೇರು parera beru
• Kashmiri: Zakhmi-hayat
• Khasi: jyrmi salla
• Konkani: पहाडवेल pahadvel
• Malayalam: മലതാണ്ടി malathaanti, പാടത്താളി paataththaali
• Marathi: धाकटी पाडावळ dhakati pahadvel, लहान पहाडवेल lahan pahadvel, पहाडमूळ pahadmul
• Mexico: Oreja deraton,
• Nepalese: barel-panrhe, sulara
• Oriya: ghodakur
• Portugese: Abutna, Pareira brava
• Sanskrit: लघु पाठा laghu patha, Ambashtha
• Tagalog: sansau
• Tamil: வட்டத்திருப்பி vatta thiruppi, puttut-tiruppi
• Telugu: పాట విష బొద్ది pata visah boddi, Chiruboddi, adavi banka teega, adavibankatheega, adivibankatige, bodi, esaboddi, paata, pata, pata visha boddi, pateru tivva, paterutivva, shedsugandi,
• Tibetan: pa-tha

Uses: In the traditional folk medicine the roots are used against a lot of ailments.They have a bitter taste and possess diuretic, purgative and antiperiodic properties. Furthermore they are judged to be good against dyspepsia, diarrhoea, dropsy, cough, urinary difficulties like cystitis, dysentery, asthma and heart diseases. Mainly extracts of the roots are used. In the simplest cases leaves are good as an antiseptic against inflammation and can be put on wounds in order to heal sores. In Assam, India is some discussion about family planning with C. pareira. It is applied together with other indigenous plants. In a new report on screening African plants one can find the the simple instruction to treat malaria, fever, sexually transmitted diseases, snake bits and conjunctivitis, like that: “Boil the ground root in water about 10 minutes and drink the filtrate”.

Pharmacological studies: Against  gastric cancer and enzymes associated with carcinogen metabolism, antiarthritic activity , Antifertility activity , Anti-inflammatory  , Antimalarial effect, Antioxidant and immunomodulatory activity, Curariform Activity, Diarrhoea, Gastroprotective effects, hemorrhagic and proteolytic activities, In vitro and in vivo hepatoprotective activity.

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