Distribution and habitat: Found throughout Kerala.

Botany: A large scandent shrub with 4 angled branches. 

• Leaves:  Simple, opposite, obovate, elliptic and serrulate.
• Flowers: Small, yellowish in axillary or terminal trichotomous panicles. Stamens 2, attached to the base of the corolla tube.
• Fruits:  Obovoid berries with one or two seeds, seeds erect testa membranous.

Properties: The leaves are astringent, acrid, sweet, thermogenic, anodyne, febrifuge and tonic.

Uses: Scabies and prurigo in children, cough, asthma, rheumatism, nostalgia, consumption and neuropathy

Propagation: By cuttings