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Anredera cordifolia

Botanic Family

Basellaceae

Author

(Tenore) Steenis

Propagation

D.S.U.C.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Bertalha
• Madiera Vine
• Mignonette Vine
• Silk Cururu
• Luo kui shu (Pinyin)
• Uala Hupe (Hawaiian)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• scrubland.

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Nov (Argentina)

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun

Fast growing perennial evergreen herbaceous twiner with axilliary tubers. Glabrous fleshy leaves to 110mm x 80mm, pale green or flushed brownish-red. Terminal or axillary 300mm racemes or panicles of fragrant 5mm white flowers, petals to 3mm long. Fruit a utricle to 1.1mm long

Can become a serious weed

Leaves edible, medicinal uses

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• NYBG
• FOC
• FOH
• RHS A-Z
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Flora Malesiana
• Kew