Grape vine
Scientific name of Grapevine: Vitis vinifera
Name of Grapevine in different languages:
English: Grape
Sanskrit: Draksha, Mrdvikaa, Daalth, Munnakaa, Kishmish
Hindi: Draksha
Malayalam: Munthiry-മുന്തിരി
Plant description:
Grapevine is a climber vine, stems grow up to 35m long, Leaves are palmately lobed, hairy on the underside, 5 to 20 cm long. Flowers are found in dense panicles which develop into bunches of berries. The fruits are berries found in clusters, pale green in color, and turns dark blue or reddish brown while ripe, fleshy and sweet, each berry consists one or two seeds inside.
Useful plant parts:
Root, Stem, Fruits
Medicinal uses:
To treat anemia, jaundice, dyspepsia, constipation, hemorrhagic diseases, gout, cough, dyspnoea, and alcoholism, diarrhea, Lumbago, heavy menstrual bleeding, uterine hemorrhage, varicose veins, and oedema.
In the herbal treatment:
To reduce a toothache, the leaves and tendrils chewed.
To cure boils, mustard oil spread on the leaf and applied (mildly heated).
To treat inflammation, the stem mixed with Solanum nigrum and Cestrum parqui and applied.
Chemical content: flavonoids, tannins, tartrates, inositol, carotenes, choline and sugar, Proanthocyanidin, polyphenols, Oligomeric proanthocyanidin.
Grapevine is used as an ingredient to prepare the Ayurvedic medicines like:-
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