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Mikania cordata

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

(Burman. f.) B.L.Robinson

Common Names

• Gahale Wel
• Halkalmi (India)
• Bikas (Philippines)
• Sikele (PNG)
• Jia ze lan (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Borneo
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Hainan
• Taiwan
• SE. Yunnan - China
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea-Bissau
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Andaman Islands
• Kerala
• Nicobar Islands - India
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Ivory Coast
• Laos
• Liberia
• Madagasacar
• Malawi
• Malaysia
• Mali
• Nigeria
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Uganda
• Vietnam
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Streamside
• wasteland
• riverside
• thickets
• forests
• forest margins
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

• Aug-Nov (China)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Nov (China)

Fast-growing herbaceous perennial twining climber with leaves to 120mm long, terminal corymbs to 9mm long of white or pale yellow flowers to 5mm, 6mm bracts enveloping individual florets, achenes to 3.5mm

Further References

• Menninger 1970 : FOC
• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• GBS