Family: Compositae - Asteraceae
Synonyms: Eupatorium denticulatum, Eupatorium orinocense , Eupatorium orinocense var. batataefolium , Eupatorium orinocense var. tamoides , Kleinia alata , Mikania alata , Mikania denticulata , Mikania micrantha , Mikania orinocensis, Mikania scandens , Mikania scandens var. subcymosa , Mikania scandens var. umbellifera , Mikania scandens var. villosa, Mikania sinuata , Mikania subcrenata , Mikania subcymosa, Mikania umbellifera, Willoughbya micrantha, Willoughbya scandens var. orinocensis,
Common name: Climbing Hempweed, American rope, Bittervine, Chinese creeper, Mikania vine
Manipuri: ঊৰী হিঙচাবী Oori hingchabi
Fijian: Usuvanua, Wa Bosucu, Wa Mbosuthu, Wa Mbutako, Wa Ndamele, FG Creole: baume celeste. FG Wayapi: yamaka kunami. Guyana: bitter tally, bitter-tally. Surinam: brokobaka. Guyana Patamona: wha-cau-yik, wa-cow-yik.
French: Liane Americaine, Liane-Serpent
German: Chinesischer Sommerefeu
Niuean: Fue Saina
Portuguese: Carobinha, Guaco-Verdadeiro
Malayalam: ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രപ്പച്ച
Samoan: Fue saina
Haitian: Bwa zamann
Uses: Whole plant: Tea for stomachache and to clean out the
uterus (dilation and curettage). Boiled with other plants for tonic to reduce
malarial fever. Stem and Leaf: Decoction for a children's clyster. Used to
treat malaria and eczema om NW Guyana. Leaf: Juice for external ulcers and
itch. Infusion for snakebite and syphilis; bowels; cholagogue. Leaf in liquid mixture
for children's anal thrush, and placed in hot water bath for women after
confinement for pregnancy. Decoction for a febrifuge bath; in a diuretic tea.
Infusion used for washing rashes, skin eruptions and smallpox in Surinam.
Leaves are boiled, and the water drunk as an anti-menorrhagic, by the Guyana
Patamona. Leaves are boiled, and the water used for washing the skin as a
treatment for chicken pox or for measles, by the Guyana Patamona. Juice from
macerated leaves is applied to persistent sores and “bush-yaws”, by the Guyana
Patamona. Macerated leaves are vigorously rubbed on skin as a treatment for
rashes, by the Guyana Patamona. [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)]
Crushed leaves used externally for hornet stings and to stop bleeding [Samoan Medicinal Plants]
135 Published article of Mikania micrantha