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[[File:Cissus quadrangularis MS0938.jpg|thumb|right|''Cissus quadrangularis'', ''Asthisamharaka'']]
Asthisamharaka is a perennial plant of the [[Grape]] family. It is also known as veldt grape, devil's backbone, adamant creeper, cissus quadrangularis, hadjod and pirandai. The plant grows throughout India, especially, in gotter regions and in Sri Lanka.
== Description Uses== {{Uses|arthritis}}, {{Uses|heartburn}}, {{Uses|joint pain}}, {{Uses|stomach pain}}, {{Uses|ulcerative colitis}}, {{Uses|bypass surgery}}, {{Uses|diarrhea}}, {{Uses|intestinal gas}}, {{Uses|loss of appetite}}, {{Uses|jaundice}}, {{Uses|liver problems}}, {{Uses|Helicobacter pylori}}, {{Uses|stomach ulcers}}, {{Uses|irritable bowel syndrome}}, {{Uses|gallbladder disorders}}, {{Uses|high cholesterol}}, {{Uses|lichen planus}}, {{Uses|fatigue}}, {{Uses|headaches}}<ref name="Uses"/>Cissus quadrangularis reaches a height of 1==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Rhizome}}, {{Parts Used|Oil}}.5 m ==Chemical Composition==Rhizome yields essential oil, containing curdione and has quadrangular-sectioned branches with internodes 8 to 10 cm long and 1.2 to 1.5 cm wide. Along each angle is a leathery edge. Toothed trilobe leaves 2 to 5 cm wide appear at the nodes. Each has a tendril emerging from the opposite side of the node. Racemes of small whitecurcumol, colouring matter, cucurmin, resin, mucilage, albumionoids, yellowishstarch, or greenish flowers; globular berries are red when ripe.gum and sugar<ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Useful parts of the plantIdentification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Large|Oblong|Up to 1 m long, dark green on upper surface, pale green beneath. Each leafy shoot (pseudostem) bearing 8–12 leaves}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
== Uses =Fruit==={{Fruit|oblong pod|Thinly septate, pilose, wrinkled||Small, ovoid, brown. Not viable|}}
==Common nameList of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract''
== References How to plant/cultivate==
== External Links Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Trophical}}, {{Commonly seen|Sub trophical}}.
