What kind of growing environment suits Bleeding Heart Vine? Detailed explanation of suitable conditions

Other names for Bleeding Heart Vine

Mali, Pearl Pagoda

Morphological characteristics of Bleeding Heart Vine

Climbing shrub, 2-5 m tall; young branches four-angled, covered with yellowish-brown short tomentum, hairless when old; the pith of young branchlets is loose when young, hollow when old.

Leaves papery, narrowly ovate or ovate-oblong, 4-10 cm long, 1.5-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base nearly rounded, margin entire, surface covered with small wart-like hairs, slightly rough, abaxial surface nearly hairless, basal veins three; petiole 1-2 cm long.

Cymes axillary or pseudoterminal, dichotomously branched. Calyx white, connate at the base, swollen in the middle, with 5 ridged angles, apex 5-parted deeply, externally covered with fine hairs, lobes triangular-ovate. Corolla dark red, forming a sharp color contrast with the white calyx, with a strong visual impression.

Growth habits of Bleeding Heart Vine

Bleeding Heart Vine likes a warm, humid, sunny semi-shaded environment, and is not cold-tolerant.

Main values of Bleeding Heart Vine

Ornamental: It is a beautiful ornamental plant; when in bloom, the dark red corolla extends from the white calyx, shaped like spitting pearls.  The flower shape is peculiar and the blooming is abundant.

Medicinal: To treat postpartum abdominal pain with bleeding: take 2 liang (about 100 g) of fresh Bleeding Heart Vine, put it in a pot, spray with liquor and stir-fry, spray and stir-fry again until slightly scorched, then add a handful of rice and decoct in water to take.

To treat snake and insect bites: take 4 liang (about 200 g) of dried Bleeding Heart Vine and soak it in 20 liang (about 1,000 g) of liquor (usable after 2 weeks). Whenever using it, take the medicine and apply it to the wound, and also take a small cup of this liquor internally.

Flower language of Bleeding Heart Vine

Precious and pure, warm and sincere at heart