Cyclea peltata (Lam.) is very common plant in the wet zone in Sri Lanka, where it grows wild in almost all uncultivated and out of the way places mainly under mesophytic conditions from sea level about 3000 feet.
According to Ayurveda, the plant is used in bronchitis, dyspepsia, skin diseases, fever and haemorrhoids, leaves are known to be cooling, and used in ophthalmic preparations and as anti-dandruff and anti pyretic.
The plant grows throughout India and Sri Lanka, up to 800-900 metres elevation. It is a slender twining shrub, frequently climbing up on tall trees. The leaves are simple, alternate, heart shaped, 3.5-10 cm long and 2.5-3.5 cm broad, stipule 5-10 cm long and nerves 7-11. The flowers unisexual, pale yellow, in axillary panicles. The fruits are ovoid drupes, brown or scarlet in color. The seeds are covered. The roots are tuberous, cylindrical, irregularly curved, with grayish brown surface. The plant blooms in the rainy season.
The botanical name of kahi pittam or kasi pittam . Described above, is Cyclea peltata and it belongs to family Menispermaceae.The root bark showed presence of 11 quaternary alkaloids, three of which were termed menismine, cissamine and pareirine in addition to know 1- bebeerines, hayatinin, hayatin and d- isochondrodendrine, fove more tertiary alkaloids present in root bark. From the leavescycleanine, (-) bebeerines, hayatinin, hayatidin, hayatin and (+) bebeerines, hayatinin, hayatidin, hayatin and (+) bebeerines, hayatinin, hayatidin, hayatin and (+) querticol isolated.
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