Abuta

Summary:

Abuta is a woody, climbing rainforest vine with leaves up to 30 cm long. It produces inedible, dark, grape-sized berries. It belongs to the genus Cissampelos, of which thirty to forty species are represented in the tropics. Abuta vine is blackish-brown and tough; when freshly cut it has a waxy luster. Abuta is found throughout the Amazon in Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia, and it is cultivated by many to beautify their gardens.

The common name of this plant has caused some confusion in herbal commerce today. In Brazil, this plant is well known as abutua, and in Peru it is known as abuta or barbasco. References to abuta in herbal commerce today may apply to either Cissampelos pariera or to a completely different plant, Abuta grandiflora. Another tropical vine, Abuta grandiflora, also has the common name of abuta in South America, but this is a very different plant with different chemicals and uses in herbal medicine. This plant is referred to in Peru as chiric sanago as well as abuta, hence the confusion. (Rain-Tree Publishers)

 

Botanical name:

Cissampelos pareira

Origin:

Brazil

Aaknadi, Bejunco de Cerca, Bhatindupat, Butua, Cissampelos pareira, False Pareira, Feuille de Velous, Herbe des Sages-Femmes, Krueo Ma Noy, Krung Kha Mao, Menispermaceae, Midwives’ Herb, Padha, Padvali, Padvel, Pareira, Patacon, Patha, Poda, Velvetleaf, Venievel, Vigne Maronne, Vigne Sauvage, Xi Sheng Teng.

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