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Mikania leiostachya

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

Bentham

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Chiapas
• Oaxaca
• Venezuela - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Riverine forest
• disturbed areas
• thickets
• forest

Flowering Times

• Dec-Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Jan
• Nov

Climbing slender vine, almost glabrous.Terminal panicles of white flower heads 7mm long, greenish-white 3mm aromatic flowers, pubescent or glabrate phyllaries. Glabrous 2mm wide achenes with white pappus.

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Standley