Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw.
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Perennial climber. Stems with bristly hairs, sometimes slightly woody; tendrils present. Leaves compound; leaflets with serrate margins. Flowers in many-flowered axillary heads, white with a yellowish centre, frangrant. Fruit a membranous, inflated capsule, green, drying to brown. Seeds round and black with an oblong to heart-shaped spot (hilum). It was introduced as a garden ornamental and has only recently become widely naturalised, particularly in and around Harare.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 3
Specimens with Barcodes: 11
Species With Barcodes: 1
grandiflorum: large flowered
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: NNA - Not Applicable
Tropical America and tropical Africa
Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked
United States
Origin: Exotic
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Cardiospermum grandiflorum, commonly known as balloon vine, heart pea or heart seed,[2] is a species of climbing plant native to eastern Argentina and Brazil.[1] It was described by Olof Swartz and is in the family Sapindaceae.[1] The species can grow over 10 m (33 ft) long and it has small white flowers.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Cardiospermum grandiflorum". BioNET-EAFRINET. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Cardiospermum grandiflorum". Invasives. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Balloon Vine". North Coast Weeds. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
- ^ "Balloon vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum)". Eurobodalla Shire Council. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
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