MIKANIA MICRANTHA

[Debasish Joardar]

Hi,

 

Location : Bhadreshwar, Hooghly, West Bengal.

 

Is it Mikania micrantha ?

 

Please confirm identification.

 

Thanks,

 

Debasish Joardar.

 

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[J.M. Garg]

 

Hi, Debasish,

It appears to be what you stated & a weed with Common names of Bittervine, Mile-a-minute, American rope, Chinese creeper as per the following link, which gives lot of details about it

http://images.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/Mikania_micrantha_files/image006.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.columbia.edu/itc/cerc/danoff-burg/invasion_bio/inv_spp_summ/Mikania_micrantha.htm&h=136&w=179&sz=8&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=soa149SbL339gM:&tbnh=77&tbnw=101&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMikania%2Bmicrantha%2B%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

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