Thanks Philip. Pretty close. See my reply to Sean.
Richard
On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:31:47 -0400, Philip Wright
wrote:
It looks like our North American "Mikania scandens" a.k.a.
Climbing Boneset. Perhaps another member of the Mikania genus.
Philip Wright
Richard Wright wrote:
Can somebody please identify the weed shown in photos at:
http://www.box.net/shared/static/hko6tdvy80.jpg
The place is East Timor. The photos were taken last week.
It is a weed in that it invades cleared ground.
It may also be an exotic weed.
The locals told me two different stories:
1. that the Indonesians seeded areas from the air, to provide cover
for their soldiers;
2. that the plant comes from Australia.
It is not spiny, but is difficult to push through.
Richard