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Cissus quadrangularis L.
Synonym
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Cissus quadrangularis var. pubescens
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Family
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Vitaceae
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Local name
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English- Bone setter
Malayalam-Changalamparanda
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Flowering and fruiting period
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June-January
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Distribution
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Widespread in the
drier parts of Africa, Arabia and Indo-Malesia
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Distribution in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Dry deciduous
forests, also in the plains
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Uses
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Commonly used for
bone health and weight loss
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Key Botanical Characters:
Rambling, succulent, glabrous, deciduous
shrubs; stem 4-angular, winged or ridged at angles, constricted at nodes;
tendril simple. Leaves simple,. Flowers in leaf-opposed, peduncled, umbellate
cymes. Calyx-tube obscurely 4-lobed, c. 2 mm long, reddish. Petals c. 2.5 mm
long, ovate, acute, greenish-yellow, recurved. Stamens 4; filaments to 2 cm
long; anthers yellow. Disk 4-lobed, yellow. Ovary c. 1mm long, 2-celled;
ovules 2 per cell. Berry c. 7 mm across, subglobose. Seeds black, smooth.
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