The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to sci.bio.botany as well.

Say, does Mikania cordata (Burm. f.) B. L. Rob.
have any uses? It's all over the place here in Taiwan.
In particular, is it edible?

Did you do a Google search to find out?


"Dan Jacobson" wrote in message
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The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to sci.bio.botany as well.

Say, does Mikania cordata (Burm. f.) B. L. Rob.
have any uses? It's all over the place here in Taiwan.
In particular, is it edible?

This website has a bit of background info:

http://www.lucidcentral.org/keys/FNW...%20cordata.htm

A paper written about some of the active compound isolated from the plant

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...8df8e1f7906953

here's another good site

http://www.raintree-health.co.uk/cgi...nts/guaco.html