A twining climber, stem glabrous. Root tuberous, up to 70 kg. Leaves suborbicular, herbaceous-membranous, round or nearly so at the base, apex acuminate, palmately 10-11-veined. Flowers in an axillary compound umbelliform cyme, orange pink. Fruit globose compressed, up to 6.5 mm in diameter, endocarp with 4 transverse dorsal ribs.
The tuberous roots are used to treat insomnia, asthma, dysentery, acute stomach trouble and sore throat. The pounded fresh tuberous root is applied as a poultice on pimples and wounds.
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