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Accession Data:

Cardiospermum halicacabum L.

  • Common Name: Balloon Vine, Love-in-a-puff, Heart Seed
  • Family: Sapindaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: eastern North America
  • Habitat: moist thickets

  • Culture: annual vine - collect seed and resow in early spring.
  • USDA Zone: 8b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200100017
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 02-28-2001
  • Bench: 2308 - Nearctic
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 07-09-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • Potentially Invasive Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Sapindales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Sapindaceae
  • SubFamily: Sapindoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Invasive Species
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • Medicinal Plants - Traditional African Medicine

References (external):

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:02:10 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Sapindaceae

Subfamily Hippocastanoideae
Tribe Aceraceae

  • Acer palmatum W/C

Subfamily Sapindoideae

  • Alectryon coriaceus
  • Cardiospermum halicacabum
  • Dimocarpus longan
  • Melicoccus bijugatus
  • Ungnadia speciosa
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days
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