Cissus quadrangularis is a perennial plant of the grape family. It is commonly known as veldt grape, devil's backbone[citation needed], adamant creeper[citation needed], asthisamharaka or asthisamhara, hadjod and pirandai. The species is native to tropical Asia, Arabia and much of Africa.
 

Cissus quadrangularis has been used as a medicinal plant since antiquity.[citation needed] Cissus has been used in various Ayurvedic classical medicines to heal broken bones and injured ligaments and tendons.[5] In siddha medicine it is considered a tonic and analgesic, and is believed to help heal broken bones, thus its name asthisamharaka (that which prevents the destruction of bones). The Assamese people and the Garo tribe of Meghalaya and Bangladesh have used C. quadrangularis for bone fracture.