Vajra Vine ("Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine in Tibet") is also known as sarsaparilla, iron water chestnut, magalle, muscle pillar, red light fruit, cold rice head, iron spiny ling, and diamond root. It is the rhizome of Sarsaparilla plant in the Liliaceae family. It has the effects of dispelling wind, activating blood circulation and detoxifying. Treat rheumatism, waist and leg pain, bruises and scrofula. King Kong Vine is a plant in the Liliaceae family. It is a shrub with a tuberous shape. There is a tuberous rhizome; the stem is solid and prickly. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, alternate, 5-8 cm long and 1-2 cm wide; the petiole is 0.5-0.8 cm long, the sheath is slightly less obvious, about 1/2 as long as the petiole, and there is a pair of tendrils at the end of the sheath. There are palmate veins and reticular veinlets, and there are often tendrils on both sides of the petiole (often regarded as abnormal stipules).

The flowers are unisexual, dioecious. The ovary has 3 chambers, each chamber has 1-2 ovules.

The umbel is axillary, the inflorescence stalk is 1.5 to 2 cm long and slightly flattened; the flower stalk is 7 to 8 cm long; the flowers are unisexual and dioecious; the tepals are 6 and separated.

The fruit is a berry, green when raw, then red, and dark red when ripe.

Growth Habit Edit

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The growth habit of King Kong Vine is that it likes a warm and dry climate, is drought-tolerant, has high quality, and has strong adaptability. .

Geographical Distribution Editor

Jingang Vine

Distributed in southwest China, Tibet and other places.

Born in the forest on the hillside.

The rhizome of Sarsaparilla.