Mikania chevalieri (C.D.Adams) W.C.Holmes & Mcdaniel

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Mikania

Characteristics

A creeping or climbing plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 7 m high. It has heart shaped leaves. The flowers form a cluster with a flat top.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 7.0
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Environment

A tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use food gene source
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Mikania chevalieri world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:232800-1
WFO ID wfo-0000128539
COL ID 43B6G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Mikania laxa Mikania cordata var. chevalieri Mikania cordata var. chevalieri Mikania chevalieri