Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cissus rotundifolia Lam. [Vitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Cissus rotundifolia var. ferrugineopubescens Verdc.

Cissus rotundifolia var. rotundifolia

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chiurai	Other	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)
ghalaf	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
root		Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Vitis forskahlii Blatt. Rec. Bot. Surv. India 8: 118 (1919).
Vitis rotundifolia (Lam.) Deflers Voyage Yemen: 125 (1889), nom. illeg.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cissus rotundifolia	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006)
Cissus rotundifolia (Forssk.) Vahl	Med. Pl. Markets in Maputo, Mozambique (Krog et al., 2006) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cissus rotundifolia L.	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Cissus rotundifolia Vahl	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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