| Cadaba fruticosa | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Capparaceae |
| Genus: | Cadaba |
| Species: | C. fruticosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce |
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Cadaba fruticosa is a species of plant in the Capparaceae family.
It is endemic on Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Indo-China: Myanmar.
Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
In Tamil naadu, Cadaba Fruticosa is known as '"vizhuthi"(Tamil: விழுதி) and used in Siddha medicine for more than 2000 years. The juice of the leaves is especially used to cure gonorrhoes.(Tamil: வெண்மேகம்).