botanical record · discovered

Butua

Cissampelos pareira

Butua · False Pareira · Pareira · Bejuco · Cat-Ears Bush · Faux pareira brava, Liane blanche, Herbe Notre-Dame, Liane à cœur, Liane à glacer l'eau, Vigne bâtarde · Graveyard Bush · Kö̀kili · Niea niombe · Oreja de ratón · Pareira Brava · Patacón · Pataka · Rais di Pataca · Raís di Pataka · Sala lobo · Velvet Leaf (Trinidad & Tobago); Bejuco de mona · Velvet-leaf · Velvetleaf · Yerba di Pataca

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Guatemala, India(Santal), Haiti, Mexico, Mexico(Chinantec), Panama(Choco), Venezuela, India

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Anecbolic, Antidote, Antiecbolic, Asthma

Science studied: ALKALOIDS, CISSAMPAREINE, (+)-CURINE, CYCLANOLINE

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Menispermaceae

Scientific name: Cissampelos pareira

Common names: Butua, False Pareira, Pareira, Bejuco, Cat-Ears Bush, Faux pareira brava, Liane blanche, Herbe Notre-Dame, Liane à cœur, Liane à glacer l'eau, Vigne bâtarde, Graveyard Bush, Kö̀kili, Niea niombe, Oreja de ratón, Pareira Brava, Patacón, Pataka, Rais di Pataca, Raís di Pataka, Sala lobo, Velvet Leaf (Trinidad & Tobago); Bejuco de mona, Velvet-leaf, Velvetleaf, Yerba di Pataca

History

The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Guatemala, India(Santal), Haiti, Mexico, Mexico(Chinantec), Panama(Choco), Venezuela and 5 additional places.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

Anecbolic
Antidote
Antiecbolic
Asthma
Bite(Dog)
Bite(Snake)
Bladder
Boil

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Bronchitis
Chill
Cold
Colic
Cough
Cystitis
Delirium
Diarrhea
Diuretic
Dropsy
Dysentery
Emmenagogue
Erysipelas
Expectorant
Febrifuge
Fever
Hematuria
Hypertension
Itch
Kidney
Leucorrhea
Lithontriptic
Madness
Menorrhagia
Nephritis
Palpitation
Parturition
Pimple
Piscicide
Poultice
Purgative
Rheumatism
Sore
Stimulant
Tonic
Urogenital
Wound
Cholera
Diabetes
Ache(Stomach)
Burn
Calculus
Dyspepsia
Epilepsy
Gravel
Hemorrhage
Jaundice
Malaria
Rabies
Styptic
Convulsion
Eye

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

Elsewhere
Guatemala
India(Santal)
Haiti
Mexico
Mexico(Chinantec)
Panama(Choco)
Venezuela
India
Trinidad
Dominican Republic
India(Bhil)

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Malaya

Documented cultural uses

Anecbolic
Antidote
Antiecbolic
Asthma
Bite(Dog)
Bite(Snake)
Bladder
Boil
Bronchitis
Chill
Cold
Colic

show 48 more documented entries

Cough
Cystitis
Delirium
Diarrhea
Diuretic
Dropsy
Dysentery
Emmenagogue
Erysipelas
Expectorant
Febrifuge
Fever
Hematuria
Hypertension
Itch
Kidney
Leucorrhea
Lithontriptic
Madness
Menorrhagia
Nephritis
Palpitation
Parturition
Pimple
Piscicide
Poultice
Purgative
Rheumatism
Sore
Stimulant
Tonic
Urogenital
Wound
Cholera
Diabetes
Ache(Stomach)
Burn
Calculus
Dyspepsia
Epilepsy
Gravel
Hemorrhage
Jaundice
Malaria
Rabies
Styptic
Convulsion
Eye

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

Cissatriterpenoids D-L, nine undescribed polyhydroxylated oleanane triterpenoids from Cissampelos pareira var. hirsuta. · 2025 source ↗
Cissampelos pareira leaf extract containing pectin and prebiotics as a natural encapsulating material for eco-friendly microencapsulation of probiotics · 2025 source ↗
Community Structure Diversity of Endophytic Fungi in <i>Cissampelos pareira</i> from Different Habitats and Their α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Activity. · 2025 source ↗