lalithamba
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Family: Vitaceae
Local name(Telugu): Nalleru
Distribution: Common over hedges and bushes in tropical forests of India, Africa and Asia.
Succulant, herbaceous twiner, Stem green, 4 angled climbs up with the help of leaf opposed tendrils. Leaves fleshy, ovate, sub orbicular, reniform serrate; Floers greenish yellow,5-6mm across, 4 merous, in umbellate cymes opposite to the leaves.
Calyx cup shaped; petals 4 triangular, stamens 4 anthers oblong,disc 4 lobed, adnate at the base of the ovary; ovary 2 celled,with 2 in each cell, style subulate; fruit a fleshy berry, globose and red when ripe.
Leaves and tender stems are used as leafy vegitable, paste of stem along with lime is used to dress for wounds and sprain or bone fractures.
Cissus quadrangularis L.
Family: Vitaceae
Local name(Telugu): Nalleru
Distribution: Common over hedges and bushes in tropical forests of India, Africa and Asia.
Succulant, herbaceous twiner, Stem green, 4 angled climbs up with the help of leaf opposed tendrils. Leaves fleshy, ovate, sub orbicular, reniform serrate; Floers greenish yellow,5-6mm across, 4 merous, in umbellate cymes opposite to the leaves.
Calyx cup shaped; petals 4 triangular, stamens 4 anthers oblong,disc 4 lobed, adnate at the base of the ovary; ovary 2 celled,with 2 in each cell, style subulate; fruit a fleshy berry, globose and red when ripe.
Leaves and tender stems are used as leafy vegitable, paste of stem along with lime is used to dress for wounds and sprain or bone fractures.