Medicine - Juice is used for fatigue, hydrodipsia, hiccups, injuries caused by falls. Fruits are used for xeropulmonary cough, hematemesis, dyspepsia, dysentery. Leaves are used for food accumulation, dysentery, eczema, scalding and burns. Root or root bark is used for icteric hepatitis, rheumatic arthralgia, injuries caused by falls, and anthracia.
Bangladesh, China, India, Nepal, Pakistan
Temperate biome, 100- 2300m.
Perennail climber.
Woody and flexible, allowing it to climb on various supports.
Broad, heart-shaped, with toothed margins.
Small, greenish-yellow flowers arranged in clusters.
Small, round berries that ripen to a dark color.
Flowering: March-May.