Climbing Aroid

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Climbing Aroid is a climbing shrub having adventitious aerial roots. The internodes of the plant are 1.3-2.5 cms and its leaves are very variable. The leaves are obovate, elliptic or lanceolate and coriaceous, having a bright green colour. The apex of the plant is acute, acuminate or apiculate, with cuneate or rounded base.
The petioles of Climbing Aroid are semi-amplexicaul and broadly winged. They have a length of 2.5-7.5 cm and width of 0.6-1.7 cm at the base. The green Spathe is 0.4-0.7 cm long, ovate and erect, with cuspidate apex. The stipe of the plant is deflexed, to 0.6 cm long and the spadix is yellow, with an approximate length of 0.5 cm. The spadix is globose, ovoid or shortly oblong. The fruits or berries of the plant are oblong and 1.3-1.7 cm long and they are scarlet when ripe. The plant is mainly a native to the Indo-Malaysian region and Madagascar.
The root and leaves of plant is used for epilepsy, asthma, reduce swelling, snake bites, heumatic fever, chronic malarial fever and small pox