Asteraceae FAMILY
Mikania cordata
Mikania cordata
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Mikania cordata is a very vigorous, climbing, perennial plant scrambling over the ground or twining into and over the surrounding vegetation[ 305 Title Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk Publication Author Website http://www.hear.org/pier/scientificnames/index.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A very good website detailing weed species that have been introduced into the Pacific Islands. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use, mainly as a medicine but also for its edible leaves. The plant is sometimes used to prevent soil erosion.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeE. Africa; tropical E. Asia to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
HabitatCommonly found in young secondary jungle, forest clearings, abandoned ground, secondary regrowth areas, ravines, mountain slopes, roadsides, watercourses, fallow lands, low-lying areas along streams and rivers and open plantations[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].