Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Climbing Hempweed
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Genus: Mikania
Botanical name: Mikania micrantha
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit:
Hindi: Titaiya baur
English: Climbing Hempweed, American rope, Bittervine, Chinese creeper, Mikania vine
Malayalam: Drutarastrapacha
Genus: Mikania
Botanical name: Mikania micrantha
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit:
Hindi: Titaiya baur
English: Climbing Hempweed, American rope, Bittervine, Chinese creeper, Mikania vine
Malayalam: Drutarastrapacha
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Climbing Hempweed or creeping perennial with stems to 6 m long. Leaves 4–13 cm long, opposite, heart-shaped or triangular, with or without teeth. Seeds are black, linear oblong, about 1.5 mm long, with parachute-like white bristles at the top of the seed (pappus).
Climbing Hempweed is used to heal cuts and stop minor external bleeding in Fiji but its medicinal properties are still yet to be fully discovered. It is also a very popular local antiseptic medicine in Mizoram State of India, it is known locally as Japan Hlo.