Humulus scandens (scientific name? (Lour.) Merr) is a perennial climbing herb of Humulus of Moraceae, with barbs on its stems, branches and petioles. Leaf blade is papery, kidney-shaped, pentagonal, palmate, heart-shaped at the base, rough surface, pilose and yellow glands on the back, lobes ovate-triangular, and serrated at the edge; Male flowers are small, yellow-green, panicles, female inflorescences are cone-shaped, bracts are papery and triangular, ovary is surrounded by bracts, and achenes are exposed outside the bracts when mature. Flowering in spring and summer, fruit in autumn.

The adaptability is very strong, and the adaptive range is particularly wide. The average annual temperature is 5.7-22℃, the annual precipitation is 350- 1400 mm, and the soil pH value is 4.0-8.5. Humulus scandens likes to grow on fertile soil, but it can also grow in barren areas, but it grows more vigorously on fertile soil. The flowering period of male and female plants of Humulus scandens is different. The male plant blooms in late July, while the female plant blooms in mid-August, and grows slowly after flowering. In late September, the seeds matured and the growth of Humulus scandens stopped. China is distributed in all provinces and regions in the north and south except Xinjiang and Qinghai. Japan and Vietnam are also distributed. Often born in ditches, wasteland, ruins, forest edges.

This species can be used as medicine, the stem bark fiber can be used as paper raw material, the seed oil can be used to make soap, and the fruit ear can be used instead of hops. Humulus scandens is also a harmful plant collected by China Agricultural Pest Information System, and this seed propagates. It harms fruit trees and crops, and its stems are entangled on plants, which affects the normal growth of crops.