Humulus lupulus

(Common name:- Hops)

Classification

• Kingdom- Plantae
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• Order: Rosales
• Family: Cannabaceae
• Genus- Humulus
• Specie- H. lupulus

History

Hops are plant found in genus humulus and belong to the family of urticaceae.

Hop is fruit plant which bears small fruit used for various purposes.

This flowering plant is native to North America, Asia and Europe.

Plant Description

The plant is climber with bristly stem and toothed leaves. The male and female flower grows in clusters.

The leaves are opposite and are palmately lobed blade 12 to 25 cm, with a 7 to 12 cm petiole and coarsely toothed from edges..

The young shoots grow rapidly and growth can reach 20 to 50 cm per week.

Cultivation

Hops are widely cultivated in Europe and northern Asia, with the times propagation of this herbaceous plant spread to other parts of the world.

Commercially hops is being produced in china, Australia, Czech republic, France, Germany, north Korea, Poland, UK, and USA.

The plant bears flowers in July-august and the fruit ripens in September-October.

Parts Used

Leaves, fruit.

Constituents

Hop contains active chemicals like humulene, lupuline, quercetin and essential oils.

Uses

• Hops are widely used as sedative to reduce tension and anxiety. It also induces sleep.
• It is been used as herbal medicine for restlessness, sleeplessness, to cure stress and insomnia.
• On commercial basis many countries produce a kind of ale from hops plant. This beer is famous in Latin America.

Names

• ARABIC: Helba .
• BULGARIAN: ???? Chmel.
• CHINESE : ??? Pi jiu hua.
• CZECH: Chmel, Chmel obecný, Chmel obycajný, Chmel otácivý.
• DANISH: Humle.
• DUTCH: Hop, Hoppe , Kruiden hop.
• ENGLISH: Bine, Common hop, European hop, Hop, Hopvine.
• ESTONIAN: Harilik huma, Huma .
• FINNISH: Humala.
• FRENCH : Asperge de gueux, Asperge sauvage, Bois du diable, Couleuvrée septentrionale, Digérable, Houblon, Houblon à bière, Houblon cultivé, Houblon grimpant, Houblon lupulin, Houblon vulgaire, Loup de terre, Lupulus, Salsepareille nationale, Vigne du nord.
• GERMAN: Bruchhopfen, Echter Hopfen, Gemeiner Hopfen, Gewöhnlicher Hopfen, Heckenhopfen, Hopfen, Zaunhopfen.
• GREEK: ????s??? Lukiskos.
• HEBREW: Helbe .
• HUNGARIAN: Felfutó komló, Komló.
• ITALIAN: Bruscandoli, Bruscandolo, Luppulino, Luppolo, Luppolo comune , Volticella.
• JAPANESE : ??? Hoppu, ?????????? Seiyou karahanasou.
• NORWEGIAN: Humle.
• POLISH: Chmiel, Chmiel zwyczajny.
• PORTUGUESE: Engatadeira, Erva-engatadeira, Lúparo (Brazil), Lúpulo, Lúpulo-trepador, Pé-de-galo, Vinha-do-Norte (Brazil).
• RUSSIAN: ????? ???????????? Chmel' obyknovennyj .
• SPANISH: Betiguera, Brucolera, Espárrago gordo, Harina lupulina, Hombrecillo , Humulo, Llúpol (Catalan), Lúpulo, Lúpulo común, Lúpulo europeo, Pié de gallo.
• SWEDISH: Humle.
• TURKISH: Serbetçiotu.