👋 Ampelocissus elegans

Traditional Herbs from Ampelocissus elegans

increase_stamina

• Take tigress silverfish leaves\u00a0then wash them thoroughly with running water.
• Eating leaves\u00a0directly can increase stamina.

What is Ampelocissus elegans Looks like??

Parts of Ampelocissus elegans that could be used

• Leaves
• Fruits

Ampelocissus elegans Distribution

Ampelocissus elegans is a climbing plant whose distribution covers Indonesia (Sumatra), the Malay Peninsula, Myanmar, Thailand. This plant is food for Sumatran tigers which tigers usually eat when they want to hunt prey. Therefore, this plant is known to the public as "Gegatan Harimau". This plant is usually taken from nature to be used as an ingredient in making traditional medicine for the Karo tribe, North Sumatra. Other sources say that A. elegans fruit is also used in Chinese herbs to treat various diseases. Apart from that, the leaves can also be used as a spice or seasoning in cooking. Sometimes, A. elegans can be grown as an ornamental plant.
Agroecology of Ampelocissus elegans
Tigress silverfish can usually be found growing on the outskirts of lowland dipterocarp and forests (primary rainforest, secondary rainforest). This species likes sunlight and partial shade, as well as well-drained soil.
Morphology of Ampelocissus elegans

• The stem is covered with dense hairs that turn brown with age. Old stems are flattened. Single tendril, 12\u201315 cm long. The stem leaves are rounded, the tip is rounded.
• The compound leaves are fingered, 3 to 3-5-lobed foliote, green in color, terminal leaflets are ovate while the lateral leaflets are obliquely ovate, leaf edges are sawn or toothed, blunt sinuses, pointed tip, ribbed pinnate, the adaxial surface (top) has fine, yellowish-green hairs and on the bones the hairs are woolly, the abaxial surface (bottom) has reddish-brown wool hairs (changes from white to brown with age. The brown veins of the leaves are very distinctive. There are no bracts.
• Flowers have inflorescences 21\u2013 38 cm long in the form of spiny panicles with bisexual flowers 16\u201319 pairs, Each flower has 4 \u2013 5 green petals, a green disc and dome-shaped petals, pointed at the base. Thin anther stalk, oval anther, oval pistil, four grooves, two ovaries.
• Berries, oval in shape, red when ripe with a width of 8-10 mm.
• 1\u20134 seeds per fruit, round breech egg.

Cultivation of Ampelocissus elegans
Propagation is done vegetatively with stem cuttings.

Ampelocissus elegans, more details :

Chemical Content of Ampelocissus elegans
Information not found. Need further investigation.
Benefits of Ampelocissus elegans
Increases body stamina, treats stomach aches.
Simplisia of Ampelocissus elegans

Another Facts for Ampelocissus elegans :

Synonym of Ampelocissus elegans
Vitis coralloides Hook.f. ex M.A.Lawson, Vitis elegans Kurz
Habitus of Ampelocissus elegans
Creepers. Vines, lianas, annual, covered with thick woolly hairs.
Habitat of Ampelocissus elegans

• Forest
• Land