Cissampelos pareira

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Cissampelos pareira
Cissampelos pareira illustration.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ranunculales Family: Menispermaceae Genus: Cissampelos
Binomial name
C. pareira L.[1]

Cissampelos pareira is a species of flowering plant in the family Menispermaceae.

Cissampelos pareira is used in Chinese herbology, where it is called xí shēng téng (锡生藤) or (亞乎奴). The species is also known as abuta and is also called laghu patha in Ayurvedic medicine.

[edit] See also

• Chinese herbology

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• List of Chemicals in Cissampelos pareira (Dr. Duke's Databases)