Ampelocissus pedicellata Merr.
Null / Tapak harimau (Bel.)
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Traditional Medicinal Uses
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Perennial climber that can reach 9 m tall. Leaves are palmately compound, alternately arranged, shiny, papery, light green, adaxially covered with hairs and abaxially glabrous. Leaflet blades are obovate, acute at apex, oblique at base with toothed margin and pinnate venation. Stems are woody and densely covered with hairs. Tendrils are leaf-opposed. Inflorescence a panicle and leaf-opposed. Fruit a
Mucilage from the leaves is applied externally as poultice to skin that experienced burn, sunburn, wound and bee sting. The mucilage is mixed with water for hair tonic. The plant exhibits antiacne, anticancer, antidiabetic, antioxidant, antifungal and wound healing
It is usually found in open wastelands, along roadsides and near streams. It thrives on fertile loamy soil under full sunlight.
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Native to southern Mexico and Central America.
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