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asthisamharaka in Ayurveda - Cissus quandrangularis, Vitis quandra..

asthisamharaka :

asthisamharaka : Cissus quandrangularis, Vitis quandrangularis Linn. / Wall.

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Cissus
Species: C.quadrangularis


VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Asthisamharaka , Vajravalli , Vajrangi , chaturdhara , Granthimani, asthiyuk
English: bone setter veldt grape ,devils back bone,winged treebine
Hindi: Hadjod , hadjora
Telugu: Nalleru ,nallerutige
Bengali: Hadjoda,hasjora,harbhanga
Marathi: Kandvel,ghanasakande,ghanasavel,chaudhari,harsankar
Oriya: Hadasinkuda
Gujarathi: Hadsankal
Tamil: Pirandai
Malayalam: Changalamparanda
Kannada: Asthisamhara, mangaravalli
Assamese: Harjora


Varities:

The author of Nighantu Ratnakara mentions  2 varieties mainly of 3 sided and 4 sided stem. But only one variety of 4 sided  stem  is reported, which at times may  be  seen  shooting  out  branches  having 3 sides.
A 2 sided horticultural  variety  is also  grown in gardens.

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