Scientific Name
Cayratia trifolia (L.) Domin
Synonyms
Causonis trifolia (L.) Raf., Cayratia carnosa (Lam.) Gagnep., Cayratia mekongensis C.Y.Wu, Cayratia timorensis (DC.) C.L.Li, Vitis carnosa (Lam.) Wall., Vitis carnosa Wall. ex M.A. Lawson, Vitis trifolia L. [1]
Vernacular Name
| Malaysia | Lakum, daun kapialun, galing-galing [2], leggundi, legundi [3] |
| Indonesia | Galing (Javanese); gumburu rogbo-robo (Ternate); ai lau salak (Ambonese) [2], legundi, lagondi, lagundi, salah gundi, silagundi, genderasi [3] |
| Thailand | Thao kan khaao (Central) [2]; dinsaw, konti saw [3] |
| Laos | Ta det [2] |
| Philippines | Kalit-kalit (Tagalog); alangingi (Bisaya); arinat (Iloko) [2] |
| Vietnam | s[af]n s[aj]t, d[aa]y v[as]c [2] |
| Papua New Guinea | Vualai, vaulai (Gunantuna, East New Britain) [2] |
Geographical Distributions
Cayratia trifolia is distributed from India to southern China, Indo-China, through Malesia and the Pacific Islands; not common in Peninsular Malaysia. [2] This plant can be found in thickets and open forest, from sea-level up to 400 m altitude. [2]
Botanical Description
C. trifolia comes from the family of Vitaceae. It is usually a deciduous climber, measure 2-20 m long, with angular stems, pubescent when young, 4-5-fid tendrils ending in adhesive disks. [2]
The leaves are 3-foliolate, measure 2-4 cm long petiole, ovate to oblong-ovate leaflets, with a size of measuring 2-8 cm x 1.5-5 cm and coarsely toothed margins. The lateral leaflets are often lobed where both surfaces are pubescent and often become sparsely when old. [2]
The inflorescence is axillary, corymbiform cymose, with 3-4 of primary branches, measure about 6-9 cm x 3-6 cm and with long peduncle. The small flowers are greenish-white in colour. [2]
The berry is a compressed spherical in shape, measure about 1 cm in diametre, dark purple or black in colour and it is 2-4-seeded. [2]
The roots are tuberous. [2]
Cultivation
No documentation
Chemical Constituent
No documentation
Plant Part Used
No documentation
Traditional Use
No documentation
Preclinical Data
No documentation
Clinical Data
No documentation
Poisonous Management
No documentation
Line Drawing
References
- The Plant List. Ver1.1. Cayratia trifolia (L.) Domin [homepage on the Internet]. c2013 [updated 2012 Apr 18; cited 2015 May 07]. Available from: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2706591
- Rahayu SSB. Cayratia trifolia (L.) Domin In: Van Valkenburg JLCH, Bunyapraphatsara N, editors. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 12(2): Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Leiden, Netherlands: Backhuys Publisher; 2001. p. 146-147.
- Herbal Medicine Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research. Compendium of Medicinal Plants Used in Malaysia. Volume 1. Kuala Lumpur: HMRC IMR; 2002. p.156.
