Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & C.E.Jarvis [Vitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Cissus verticillata subsp. colombiana Lombardi

Cissus verticillata subsp. micrantha (Poir.) Lombardi

Cissus verticillata subsp. oblongolanceolata (Krug & Urb.) Lombardi

Cissus verticillata subsp. verticillata

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ampatu waska	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
anil trepador	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
añil trepador	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
bejuco caro	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cipó-pucá	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
cortina japonesa	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
insulina	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
insulina vegetal	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
insulina-vegetal	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
parreira-brava	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
pico de mano	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
princess vine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
princessvine	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
seasonvine	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
uva-brava	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
leaf, aerial parts		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, aerial parts		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Aerial part, Stem + root		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ozarthris paradoxa Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 92 (1838), nom. superfl.
Phoradendron verticillatum (L.) Druce Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 422 (1913 publ. 1914).
Viscum verticillatum L. Sp. Pl.: 1023 (1753).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cissus verticillata (L.) D.h. Nicols. & Jarvis	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicholson & Jarvis	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & C. E. Jarvis	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & C.E. Jarvis	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & C.E.Jarvis	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson and C.E. Jarvis	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson et C.E. Jarvis	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
Cissus verticillata subsp. verticillata	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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