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Menispermaceae FAMILY

Cyclea peltata

Cyclea peltata

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitClimber
Growth—

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cyclea+peltata>

Pollinators

Flies, Bees, Butterflies

References

  1. [1]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.
  2. [2]Ethnobotanical Studies on Some Rare and Endemic Floristic Elements of Eastern Ghats-Hill Ranges of South East Asia, — Rao D.M. & Pullaiah T. · 2007 ↩︎
  3. [3]Trade in Indian Medicinal Plants — D.K.Ved, S.Noorunnisa Begum, & K.Ravi Kumar · Apple Academic Press; Oakville, Canada · 2018 · ISBN 978-1-77188-600-0 ↩︎
  4. [4]Knowledge and uses of wild edible plants by Paniyas and Kurumbas of Western Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu — Ramachandran V.S. & Udhayavani C. · 2013 ↩︎
  5. [5]PATHA - Cyclea peltata, Cissampelos parieta — Dr. Anil Joy Pulikkottil · 2012 · http://www.indianmedicinalplants.info/d6/Cissampelos-parieta-Cyclea-peltata(Patha).html ↩︎Web page, accessed 06/01/2022
  6. [6]Indian Medicinal Plants; An Illustrated Dictionary — Khare C.P. (Ed.) · Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg · 2007 · ISBN 978-0-387-70637-5 ↩︎
  7. [7]Ethnobotanicals of the Western Ghats — Noorunnisa Begum S., Ravikumar K. & Ved D.K. · Apple Academic Press; Oakville, Canada · 2017 · ISBN 978-1-77188-404-4 ↩︎
  8. [8]A Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon — Trimen H.; continued by Hooker J.D. · Dulau and Co; London. · 1898 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Very dated, but still a useful work. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  9. [9]Medicinal plants using traditional healers and Malayali tribes in Jawadhu hills of Eastern ghats, Tamil Nadu, India — Salai Senthilkumar M. S., D. Vaidyanathan, N. Sisubalan and · 2014 · ISBN 0976-8610 ↩︎
  10. [10]Review on Cissampelos Pareira & Cyclea Peltata (Patha Dwaya) -PhytoPharmacological Perspectives — Singh S. & Nishteswar K, · 2013 · ISBN 0976-5921 ↩︎