Celastraceae

Medicine vine

Hippocratea volubilis L.

Family: Celastraceae
Genus: Hippocratea

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Medicine vine: Hippocratea volubilis L. — Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Arabic: أبقراطية وليلية
English: Medicine vine

Synonyms

Bejuco pendulus Loefl.
Hippocratea acutiflora Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
Hippocratea affinis Cambess.
Hippocratea anafensis Urb.
Hippocratea aubletiana Miers
Hippocratea cearensis Miers
Hippocratea copiosiflora Miers
Hippocratea diffusa Miers
Hippocratea discolor G.Mey.
Hippocratea discolor Seem.
Hippocratea divaricata Miers
Hippocratea elliptica Kunth
Hippocratea hilariana Miers
Hippocratea infuscata Miers
Hippocratea laevigata Rich. ex Vahl
Hippocratea lonchophylla Miers
Hippocratea meizantha S.F.Blake
Hippocratea obcordata Lam.
Hippocratea ovalifolia Miers
Hippocratea ovata Lam.
Hippocratea ovata Griseb.
Hippocratea ovata f. multiflora Peyr.
Hippocratea ovata lus. latibarbis (Peyr.) Peyr.
Hippocratea ovata var. crassifolia Peyr.
Hippocratea ovata var. grandiflora Peyr.
Hippocratea ovata var. latibarbis Peyr.
Hippocratea ovata var. oblongifolia DC.
Hippocratea ovata var. parviflora Peyr.
Hippocratea ovata var. sancta-cruce M.Gómez
Hippocratea ovata var. serrulata Peyr.
Hippocratea pallidula Miers
Hippocratea perspicua Miers
Hippocratea plumieri Miers
Hippocratea plumieri Rich. ex Peyr.
Hippocratea rovirosae Standl.
Hippocratea scandens Jacq.
Hippocratea scandens Turpin
Hippocratea serrulata Pohl ex Peyr.
Hippocratea serrulata Miers
Hippocratea swartziana Miers

and 11 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: British Museum - Natural History Museum's Biodiversity Informatics Group., CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: British Museum - Natural History Museum's Biodiversity Informatics Group., CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.