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Mikania latifolia

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

Smith

Common Names

• Gros-fort
• Liane Gaufre
• Liane à Eau
• Liane Tordue

Geographical Habitats

• Barbados
• Leeward Islands
• Trinidad
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• lakeside
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Mar (Leeward Islands)

Fruiting Times

Climbing vine with glabrescent stems. Coriaceous leaves to 150mm x 90mm. Terminal & lateral corymbs or panicles with bracts , greenish-white or white corolla to 7mm long, lobes 3mm long. Glabrous achenes to 5mm long

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Smithsonian
• SAFIO