Family: Asteraceae
Synonym: Willoughbya micrantha (Kunth) Rusby
Vernacular
name: Vayara (Malayalam)
Habit:
Climber
Habitat:
Forest plantations and also in the plains in moist localities
Flowering
& Fruiting: February-April
Distribution:
Widely introduced in various parts of Africa, Asia, Indonesia and the Pacific
Islands, very quickly became a bad pantropical weed.
Key identification features:
Climbing Hempweed is a branched, slender-stemmed perennial vine. Oppositely
arranged leaves are heart-shaped or triangular with an pointed tip and a broad
base. Strongly fragrant flowers, are arranged in dense corymbs in leaf axils or
at the end of branches. Individual florets are white to greenish-white, 4 in
each head.
Uses:
Analgesia,
skin bleeding, healing sores, antimicrobials, skin infection, and ulcers
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