Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
var. halicacabum

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Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum

Photo: Bart Wursten
Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

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Synonyms:
Common names: Balloon vine (E)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Annual climber. Stems with minutely puberulous, sometimes slightly woody; tendrils present. Leaves biternate, essentially 3-foliolate with each part divided again into 3 leaflets; leaflets with coarse serrate teeth. Flowers in axillary heads, usually 3-flowered by abortion, white with a yellowish centre. Fruit a membranous, inflated capsule, green, drying to brown, more than 2 cm long. Seeds round and black with a broadly heart-shaped or kidney-shaped spot (hilum). See C. halicacabum var. microcarpum for comparison.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: Occurring mainly in riverine fringes.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 1300 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution: Pantropical
Zimbabwe distribution: NCES
Growth form:
Insects (whose larvae eat this species): Charaxes varanes varanes (Pearl charaxes)
Literature:
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
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Content last updated: Sunday 1 February 2009

Other sources of information about Cardiospermum halicacabum:

Flora of Mozambique: Cardiospermum halicacabum
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Cardiospermum halicacabum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cardiospermum halicacabum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cardiospermum halicacabum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cardiospermum halicacabum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cardiospermum halicacabum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cardiospermum halicacabum
West African Plants database: Cardiospermum halicacabum


Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2002-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Cardiospermum halicacabum var. halicacabum.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137320, retrieved 6 September 2010

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