Cissus repens (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Cissus repens Lamk

Family: Vitaceae

Synonyms

• Vitis quadricornuta Miquel,
• V. repens Wight & Arnott.

Vernacular names

• Indonesia: areuy hariang (West Java), sambung tulang (Bali), daun bisul (the Moluccas)
• Malaysia: lakum
• Philippines: kalitkalit, ayo (Tagalog), manalitak (Bisaya), anupol (Bukidnon)
• Cambodia: voë sedaa
• Laos: hôôb hééb, sômz puun
• Thailand: thaokhan (southern)
• Vietnam: dây chìa vôi xanh, hồ dằng bò, dây phấn.

Distribution

From India to southern China, including South-East Asia.

Uses

In Indonesia the sour leaves and shoots are eaten mixed with other vegetables. They are also used medicinally as poultices on swellings and against fever. Stems are used as rope and said to be strong enough to tether buffaloes.

Observations

• Climbing or creeping tendrilled herb up to 15 m long, often with tuberous roots.
• Leaves distichous, petioled, ovate or 3-5-angular or lobed, usually with deeply cordate base, 2.5-20 cm × 1-12 cm, green, sharply serrate.

In moderately shady localities up to 1000 m altitude.

Selected sources

7, 13, 66.