Mikania cordata explained

Mikania cordata, the African mile-a-minute or heartleaf hempvine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, disjunctly distributed across the Old World Tropics.[1] [2] A perennial twining vine reaching long, it grows in thickets and forests at elevations from, at least in China.[3] [4] It is a rapidly-growing climber that suppresses the growth of other plants (including kudzu) and is considered a more dangerous noxious weed than Mikania micrantha.[2] [5] Local peoples occasionally consume its leaves and use it for erosion control.[4]

Notes and References

  1. 160848-2 . Mikania cordata (Burm.f.) B.L.Rob. . 22 February 2024 .
  2. Web site: African mile-a-minute Mikania cordata (Burm. f.) B.L. Robins. . . October 2018 . Invasive.org . Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health . 22 February 2024 .
  3. Web site: 假泽兰 jia ze lan . . 2024 . Flora of China . efloras.org . 22 February 2024 .
  4. Web site: Useful Tropical Plants Mikania cordata . Fern . Ken . 20 July 2022 . tropical.theferns.info . Tropical Plants Database . 22 February 2024 .
  5. Web site: Mikania cordata . Scher . J. L. . Walters . D. S. . Redford . A. J. . April 2015 . Federal noxious weed disseminules of the U.S., Edition 2.2. . California Department of Food and Agriculture, and USDA APHIS PPQ Identification Technology Program . 22 February 2024 .

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