Abstract
In the Brazilian market, guaco-based products are extremely important as herbal medicines. However, the guaco production chain faces a major problem. Two native species, Mikania glomerata Spreng. and Mikania laevigata Sch.Bip. ex Baker, are known as guaco. The morpho-anatomical similarities between the two cause them to be often confused. However, this interchangeability has been extensiv…
