Parasitic, twining annual, herb or climber. Flowers pentamerous in very compact clusters up to 10 mm diam.; pedicels 0-0.5 mm long. Calyx 1.9-2.5 mm long. Corolla 2.5-4 mm long; lobes triangular, acute, equal to the tube. Scales subtending stamens oblong, shorter than or equal to the corolla tube, with very short fimbriae. Capsule circumsciss.

Antibilious, appetizer, carminative, cholagogue, mildly diuretic, hepatic, laxative and antiscorbutic (whole plant)

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To help keep the body in balance internally and externally, to treat liver, sexual problems like impotence, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, and low sperm count as a result of kidney yang deficiency (whole plant); urinary complaints, kidney, spleen and liver disorders, jaundice, sciatica and scorbutic complaints (stem decoction)