Coral Vine
Antogonon leptopus
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family)
Medicinal Minute with Ginger Webb
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TXA note from Ginger:
Interesting facts about Coral Vine that I've learned: (1) in parts of northern Thailand, coral vine flowers are part of the people's everyday diet and the most commonly consumed edible flower; (2) in Jamaica, leaves and flowers are brewed into a tea for coughs; (3) the plant is being studied for its anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial effects. In my Austin TX neighborhood, it grows vigorously along fences. Definitely a plant that I will experiment more with.
Ginger Webb, Community Herbalist, Botanist, Teacher & Mentor
Ginger Webb has been practicing herbalism for nearly 30 years, as a community herbalist, clinical herbalist, herbal medicine maker, wild plant lover, botanist, and teacher. She has trained scores of people to be herbalists through her programs at Sacred Journey School of Herbalism.
Her mission is to keep alive the craft of herbalism through modeling the age-old wisdom of being in right relationship with the plants, and she teaches her students to be stewards of the Earth and the plants first, and to make medicine only when the plants wholeheartedly provide consent.
