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[[File:Bridelia stipularis (69262382216780120560).jpg|thumb|right|''Ghonta'', ''Bridelia stipularis'']]'''Ghonta''', Bridelia stipularis is a straggling shrub that can climb up trees. Old stems have spinesClimbing Bridelia is a large, evergreen climbing shrub. Leaves are 5-20 cm, somewhat leathery, elliptic-obovate or orbicular-oblong. Flowers are small, in small axillary clusters or long spikes, often subtended by long stipular bracts.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Inflammation}}, {{Uses|Ulcers}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=akshata Akshata balli, bisila Bisila balli, ashathe Ashathe balli|ml=Kanjikottom, Cherukol panachi, Cheruman kottom|sa=ghonta|ta=Ghonta|te=chiri Chiri aannem, chiriannemChiriannem, dankiburaDankibura, dhantibooraDhantiboora, donkaDonka-bhuvara|ma=phatarpodiPhatarpodi, ranRan-phatarphad|en=Climbing Bridelia}}.<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate,4-8 x 2-6 cm| Leaves simple, alternate, 4-8 x 2-6 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex obtuse, base subcordate or rounded, minutely tomentose below, those of flowering branches much smaller; petiole c. 5 mm long }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Axillary fascicles|axillary Axillary spiciform racemes|Grenish yellow|5|Male flowers 2-3 mm across. Female flowers 4-5 mm across. Tepals 10, biseriate, ovate-acute, densely tomentose without, monadelphous.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Drupe|5-6mm across|globoseGlobose, black, calyx persistent|globoseGlobose, black, calyx persistent|}}
===Other features===
