Lahare Banamaaraa / Mikenia
Mikania micrantha
Also known as Bittervine, Chinese Creeper, Climbing Hempweed
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Assam & more
- Flowering
- January-April
How to identify Lahare Banamaaraa
Identify Lahare Banamaaraa by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Fast-growing invasive smothering vine (mile-a-minute).
- Confirm leaf shape: Cordate.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Karnataka and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Mikania micrantha
- Genus
- Mikania
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Distribution
- Pantropical
- Found in India
- Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Goa, Puducherry, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- CordaterecordedHeart-shaped, with a notch at the base.“Mikania micrantha has ribbed stems that grow up to 6 metres (20 ft) in length with 4–13-centimetre (1.6–5.1 in) long leaves that have a heart-shaped base and a pointed apex.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lahare Banamaaraa itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Lahare Banamaaraa itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- लहरे बनमारा Lahare Banamaaraa
- Malayalam
- ധൃതരാഷ്ട്രപ്പച്ച, Mikania micrantha, ധൃതരാഷ്ട്ര പച്ച
About Lahare Banamaaraa
Mikenia (Mikania micrantha) belongs to the Asteraceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, West Bengal, Assam and 14 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from January to April.
Uses
It is stripped for fibre used in rope and matting.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Lahare Banamaaraa belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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