From the archive record
Merremia aegyptia is an annual climbing plant, producing slender stems up to 6 metres long that scramble over the ground or twine into the surrounding vegetation.The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and tying material. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant. The plant causes diarrhoea in small stock when large quantities are eaten.The dried leaves are used as a dressing for burns.The stems are used for binding, for instance for frames in house building. Source: tropical.theferns.info This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDC