Different names cross the roadside, centipede vine.

Traditional Chinese medicine is the root tuber of grapevine.

plant morphology

Creeping herbs. Branches smooth or slightly pubescent, with forked tendrils, palmately compound leaves alternating with long stalks; Leaflets 3, stipitate, elliptic to ovoid, apex acuminate, base cuneate, and leaf margin irregularly serrate. Cymes axillary. With long peduncle; Flowers small, bisexual, with short pedicels; Sepals 4, green; Petals 4, upper part separated, fleshy, pink, disk entire or 4-lobed, ovary connate; The ovary is 2-loculed, with 2 ovules in each locule. Berries are oblate and black.

Born in hillside forest. Distributed in Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi and other provinces.

The root of this plant (sow vine root) is also used as medicine, which is detailed in another article.

Function is mainly used for tamping and treating fractures.