Mikania micrantha Kunth

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Asterales > Asteraceae > Mikania > M. micrantha

Description: Climbers, stem glandular-hispid. Leaves simple, opposite, 5-8 x 4-6 cm, ovate, apex acute, base cordate, crenate, glabrate; petiole 2-4 cm long. Heads 5 mm long, in axillary panicles; bracts biseriate, outer 2 smaller, inner 3-5, 4 x 1.5 mm, ovate, obtuse. Flowers 3-5, similar, bisexual; corolla 3 mm long, tubular, lobes 5, glandular, white; anthers linear. Achenes 2 mm long, 5-ribbed, black, glabrous; pappus 4 mm long, many, hispid.

Flowering and Fruiting : February-April

Uses: The plant can be used as fodder .

Cultivation: Ornamental, Wild

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org