| Synonym : | M. scandens Willd.
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| Bangla Name : | Assam Lata, Taralata, Toofainna lata, Refuzi lata (Chittagong). |
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| English Name : | Climbing Hempweed. |
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| Family : | Asteraceae |
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| Disease : | Dysentery, gastric, ulcers , haemorrhages , wounds and dyspepsia. |
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| Description : | An extensive climber. Leaves 8-10 cm long, long-petioled, ovate, acute or acuminate, base rounded, cordate or truncate, crenate or angled. Flowers small, white, in 4-flowered head, corymbose, terminating lateral branches. |
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| Distribution : | Throughout Bangladesh, (noxious climbing weed). |
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| Chemical Constituents : | The plant contains mikanin, friedelin, epifriedinol, epifriedelinol, some sesquiterpene dilactones including dihydromikanolide, deoxymikanolide, mikanolide and scandenolide, three diterpenic acids known as kaurenic acid, butyryloxykaurenic acid and benzoy |
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| Uses : | Leaves are very much beneficial in dysentery, gastric ulcers and to stop and cure haemorrhages from cut and bruises, they are also used for itches and poulticing wounds. Decoctions of leaves are useful in dyspepsia.
Ethanolic extract of the whole plant |
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| Habit : | Climber |
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