The longest plant in the world
This plant lives in tropical rainforests and can be found mostly in the African zone. This kind of place usually grows very tall trees and some exotic flowers, if you are not careful walking in the rainforest is likely to be entangled or tripped by the white vine, also known as provincial vine, in life can be processed some daily necessities.
What are the characteristics of white vine?
The white vine has a very thin stem with feather-like material at the top, which is the leaf of the white vine. There are also many spikes on the top of the leaves. It is also very strong at the top of the stem and also has many hard spines that bend downward and look like a long whip, swinging freely in the wind.
If the white vine meets a big tree, then it will tightly bind the trunk and grow new leaves. Slowly with the trunk of the direction of a little upward, however, the lower half of the leaves will gradually fall off. Until the white vine climbed to the top of the tree, still growing, when it reached a certain level will hang down, around the tree circle after circle.
The white vine reaches from the bottom of a large tree all the way to the top, with a maximum length of more than 300 meters, twice as long as the tallest tree. According to records, there has been the longest white vine in the world, its length can reach 500 meters. It can be called the longest white vine on land, but this white vine also has some lethality because the barbs on it can firmly grasp any material.
Does white vine have medical value?
White vine actually has some medical value, such as activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and it can also detoxify and kill mosquitoes. So the white vine lives in the tropical rainforest and encounters many small insects, but it is not afraid of them, and these small insects will not come near the white vine, which shows that the white vine has some insecticidal effect.
In medicine, white vine is used to treat chronic gastritis and hepatitis, as well as bruises and swelling. For patients with fractures, the use of white vine can be used as a bone splice, but it should be used according to medical advice. It can also be used to treat skin diseases, such as eczema.
