Plants of the Eastern Caribbean

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The University of the West Indies
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Barbados

Common Names: Bitter vine, guaco, herbe a vache, kacho, liane serpent, locatoire, wappe

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Mikania micrantha Kunth

Family: Asteraceae

Synonyms:

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES

Growth Habit(s): vine

Leaf Arrangement: Opposite

Leaf Type: Simple

Flower Colours: white

DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

General Distribution: Tropical America

Found in the Lesser Antilles in Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Vincent

Status: Native

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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