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 10 m (33 ft) long, it grows in thickets and forests at elevations from 100 to 1,700 m (300 to 5,600 ft), 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]
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| Flowers being probed by a common Jezebel | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Mikania |
| Species: | M. cordata
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| Binomial name | |
| Mikania cordata | |
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References
edit- ^ a b "Mikania cordata (Burm.f.) B.L.Rob". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ a b "African mile-a-minute Mikania cordata (Burm. f.) B.L. Robins". Invasive.org. Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health. October 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "假泽兰 jia ze lan". Flora of China. efloras.org. 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ a b Fern, Ken (20 July 2022). "Useful Tropical Plants Mikania cordata". tropical.theferns.info. Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ Scher, J. L.; Walters, D. S.; Redford, A. J. (April 2015). "Mikania cordata". Federal noxious weed disseminules of the U.S., Edition 2.2. California Department of Food and Agriculture, and USDA APHIS PPQ Identification Technology Program. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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