Cissampelos pareira Laghu Patha Velvet leaf Pahad mool

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Cissampelos pareira

Scientific Name and Description

Cissampelos pareira L.

Herb Family

Menispermaceae

Plant type

Shrub

Plant 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 A.Gray
Cissampelos discolor DC.
Cissampelos discolor var. cardiophylla 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.
Cissampelos hirsutissima C.Presl
Cissampelos kohautiana C.Presl
Cissampelos limbata Miers
Cissampelos littoralis A.St.-Hil.
Cissampelos littoralis var. minutiflora A.St.-Hil. & Tul.
Cissampelos longipes Miers
Cissampelos madagascariensis Diels
Cissampelos madagascariensis Miers
Cissampelos mauritiana Thouars
Cissampelos microcarpa DC.
Cissampelos monoica A.St.-Hil.
Cissampelos myriocarpa Triana & Planch.
Cissampelos nephrophylla Bojer
Cissampelos obtecta Wall.
Cissampelos obtecta Wall. ex Miers
Cissampelos orbiculata DC.
Cissampelos orinocensis Kunth
Cissampelos pannosa Turcz.
Cissampelos pareira f. emarginato-mucronata Chodat & Hassl.
Cissampelos pareira var. australis Diels
Cissampelos pareira var. caapeba (L.) Eichler
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 Diels
Cissampelos pareira var. transitoria Engl.
Cissampelos pareira var. wildei Benvenuto
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 tomentosa DC.
Cissampelos violifolia Rusby
Cocculus membranaceus Wall.
Cyclea madagascariensis Baill.
Dissopetalum mauritianum Miers
Pericampylus membranaceus Miers
Stephania convolvulacea Miers

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	Ambahalta, Patha, akanadi, akauadi, batindu, bhatindu, chhoti taan, chhoti-taan, dak nirbisi, dakhnirbissi, daku-nirbisi, harjeuri, harjori, kalipar, mathiari, nirbisi, pahan, pahre, pardhi, parha, tan, taur
Marathi	Paraparwel, bhatvel, padavali, padavel, pahaad, pahaad mool, pahaadvel, pahad-mul, pahad-vel, pahadamoola, pahadvel, paharmul, paharval, paharvel, phaharmool
Bengali	Pareira
Tamil	Aadalodakam (ஆடலோடகம்), ampasta, ampastaki, ampastam, ampattai, apamattar, appakacceti, appakam, appam, appatta, appattar, camuttiracoki, carakki, cina, cinavattam, curati, curuttimuli, malaimattiri, mancatkatakakkoti, mancatkatakam, mataltiruppi, mataltiruppicceti, matamatakki, matapanni, matapannicceti, matappani, matappanni, matarapanni, matarapannicceti, matarappanni, matipani, mayali, mulanitari, paadakkizhangu, papaceti, patai , patila, perikam , piratekiyam, pittuttiruppi, poi mooshtie, pomushtie, pon-musuttai, ponmaittittai, ponmootootai, ponmucuttai, poon mooshtie, porumpilaver, pukkuttiruppi, punaittitta, putkuttiruppi, puttutiruppi, puttuttiruppi, sina, titapitta, titta, titta, tittaki, tittakicceti, tittar, tuttinai, tuvan, tuvigaba, urikkakodi, vanatitta, varititta, vartevi, vata tirupie, vatatirupie, vattat-tiruppi, vattathiruppi, vattattirumpi, vattattiruppi, vilappotti, viraicceti, viri
Telugu	Pedaagara (పెదఆర), adavi banka teega, adavibankatheega, adivibankatige, bodi, chiruboodi, esaboddi, paata, pata, pata visha boddi, pateru tivva, paterutivva, shedsugandi, visaboddi
English	false pareira root
Kannada	aamaradaavalli, ambashtha, cisha boddi, gutte, hondike balli, kaaduballi, kandaguduchi, maneballi, neemukha, padavali, padvali, parera beru
Malayalam	battuvalli, cattuvalli, kattuvalli, pata, patakkilannu, patuvalli
Sanskrit	akaisika, akastila, ambashtha, ambashthai-patha, ambashthika, ambastha, ambostha, aviddhakarni, avidhakarni, brihatika, brihattikta, chchinnavki, devi, ekashthila, eshika, kuchela, kucheli, laghupatha, mahanjasi, malati, malavi, papacheli, papachelika, papanalil, papehelika, patha, patika, piluphala, prachina, prachinambastika, pracina, pratanini, rasa, ruchishya, shishira, shreyasi, sriyesi, sthapini, susthira, tiktapushpa, trishira, trivrita, uthika, vallika, vanitiktika, vara, varatikta, vatsadini, venivalli, venivel, vidhakarni, vriddhakarnika, vridhakarnika, vrittaparni
Tibetan	ba tha, pa tha (p), pa-tha
Urdu	patha
Common Names	Velvet Leaf, Cissampelos pareira is used in Chinese herbology, where it is called xí shēng téng (Chinese: 锡生藤) or yà hū nú (Chinese: 亞乎奴).

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Homoeopathy

Tibetan

Folk

Chinese

Sowa Rigpa

Herb usable parts

Roots

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Cissampelos pareira L. Boddi kura Menispermaceae Root Digestion

Cissampelos pareira L. Shrub Whole plant Headache; fever; burning sensation in chest; Fistula; Antidode; Blood purification; dysentery; diarrhoea; snakebite; cough; asthma; liver diseases; fishpoison; anthelmintic; body pain; antifertility General Dey and De 2012, Gairola et al. 2013, Rao et al. 2006, Valsaraj et al. 1997

Patha Spastic bowel, uterine prolapse, alterative Endangered Medicinal Plants A. B. Chaudhuri

Herbs Medicinal Activity

Herbs Medical Indications

References

Literature

Dey and De 2012

Gairola et al. 2013

Rao et al. 2006

Valsaraj et al. 1997

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FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.

Endangered Medicinal Plants A. B. Chaudhuri

Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112

The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH

Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

Citations

Cissampelos pareira. (2024, February 17). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cissampelos_pareira

WFO (2024): Cissampelos pareira L. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000605874. Accessed on: 14 Jun 2024