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Cardiospermum corindum

Botanic Family

Sapindaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Cultivated

C, ornamental capsules

Common Names

• Balloon Vine
• Kala-myetsi (Myanmar)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Cayman Islands
• SC. China
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Djibouti
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea islands
• Hispaniola
• India
• Jamaica
• Kenya
• Leeward Islands
• Marianas
• Mexico
• Myanmar
• Namibia
• Netherlands Antilles
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Saudi Arabia
• Somalia
• Natal
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Uganda
• California - USA
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Feb-May (Puerto Rico)
• Jul-Aug (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Feb-May (Puerto Rico)

Herbaceous annual or biannual slightly woody pubescent tendril vine to 4m with grey downy stems. Biternate or bipinnate leaves, 5 leaflets more or less pubescent both surfaces, deeply serrated, terminal leaflet to 70mm x 20mm. Axillary umbellate cymes or thyrses of 6mm long white flowers, petals to 4.5mm long. Fruit an inflated unwinged hairy capsule to 32mm x 32mm.

Cultivated as an ornamental, medicinal

Further References

• Jstor
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• BF
• VOPR
• USNH
• FOSEUS
• FOPE