Mikania sp.

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Panga panga – Chitengo road, Gorongosa National Park

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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial, climbing or trailing, twining herbs. Leaves opposite, triangular-ovate, less than 3 times as long as wide; base cordate sometimes with auriculate lobes; margin shallowly crenate-serrate. Florets white, in cylindric capitula, together forming axillary, congested branched heads on peduncles 2-4 cm.
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Notes:	See note under the genus description of Mikania.
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Habitat:	Often in riverine vegetation and along margins of evergreen forest and in moist woodland.
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Worldwide distribution:	Apparently widespread in tropical Africa, South Africa, Madagascar and Comoro Islands.
FZ divisions:	N,Z,T,MS,GI,M
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Images last updated:	Friday 2 November 2018
Literature:	Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 24. As Mikania cordata Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 72.

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Flora of Botswana: Mikania sp.
Flora of Caprivi: Mikania sp.
Flora of Malawi: Mikania sp.
Flora of Zambia: Mikania sp.
Flora of Zimbabwe: Mikania sp.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Mikania sp.
African Plant Database: Mikania sp.
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Mikania sp.
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Mikania sp.
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Mikania sp.
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iNaturalist: Mikania sp.
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mikania sp.
JSTOR Plant Science: Mikania sp.
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Mikania sp.
Plants of the World Online: Mikania sp.
Tropicos: Mikania sp.
Wikipedia: Mikania sp.