A Climber. Leaves are simple, spiral, and exstipulate. Petiole is 5–8mm long. Blade is lanceolate, 7–15cm × 3–5cm, and shows 7–10 pairs of secondary nerves. Apex is acute acuminate and Base is obtuse. Flowers are up to 5cm long on 2.5cm pedicels.

Antitussive (root and seed); uterotonic (decoction of the root)

Used as a drink to reduce fever, to promote urination, and as a remedy for cough (juice of root); to assuage stomachache and to invigorate after childbirth (decoction of the root); for coughs (seed); to relieve stomachache and to treat biliousness and dizziness, to heal syphilitic ulceration of the nose (wood).

Christophe Wiart. Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific, P:92-93, CRC Press, June 2006.