Don Pablo recognised them as the leaves of a plant of the genus mikania, and known popularly as the "vejuco de guaco."
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
An English officer, engaged in the wars which freed the South American republics from the Spanish dominion, thus speaks of a plant which is probably the same mikania.
"The Romance of Natural History, Second Series"
Philip Henry Gosse
E. perfoliatum has a very similar action, and mikania opifera is employed in the same way.
"The Romance of Natural History, Second Series"
Philip Henry Gosse