| BINOMIAL NAME |
Cissus quadrangularis |
| COMMON NAME |
Bone setter
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| FAMILY |
Vitaceae |
| TAMIL NAME |
பிரண்டை |
| HABIT |
Climbing or creeping succulent
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| MORPHOLOGY |
Cissus quadrangularis is a deciduous, succulent, climbing plant producing stems from 1 - 15 meters long from a tuberous rootstock. The stems either scramble over the ground or climb into the surrounding vegetation, attaching themselves by means of tendrils. The plant often produces very few leaves and has four-sided stems. |
| MEDICINAL PROPERTIES |
- Pirandai has anti inflammatory and analgesic properties that helps reduce pain and inflammation
- Both external application and internal consumption of pirandai poultice helps with healing bone fractures.
- Pirandai has antioxidant properties which reduces free radicals that are responsible for the premature ageing of our skin and body.
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- Presence of sitosterol and triterpenoids in pirandai helps in the healing ulcer.
Reduces cholesterol
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| SOURCE |
http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cissus+quadrangularis |
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