| Family Name | Convolvulaceae |
| Scientific name | Quamoclit pennata(Lam.) Bojer |
| Common name | Cypress Vine、Cardinal Climber、Star Glory |
| Growth habit | Annual twining herb, glabrous. Stems up to 4cm long, smooth |
| Leaf | Simple leaves alternate, pinnate finely divided, lobes linear, stipules isomorphic with leaf. |
| Flower | Cymes axillary, flowers small, corolla salverform, deep red, appearance similar to pentagram, flowering in August to Hoar-frost falls. |
| Fruit | Red, Capsule ovoid, seed black, with brown thin hair. Matured from July to December. |
| More to learn | Oral administration: decocting, 10-15g. External application: pounded to extract juice for unction or decocted for washing. |
| Properties | Whole plant or roots: Bitter, cool. Clearing heat-toxin, cooling blood for checking dysentery. |
| Treats | Treats superficial infections and furuncles, dysentery, discharging fresh blood stools, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, hemorrhoids, hemafecia. |
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