Herbarium JCB

Cardiospermum halicacabum L.

Family : SAPINDACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Sapindaceae
Species : Cardiospermum halicacabum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
Common name : Ballon Vine, Heart's Pea
Vernacular name : Jotishmati, Karavi, Parvatapadi (San.); Kanphata (Hin.); Bekkinabudde gida (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 2699, KFP 9327, KFP 10228
Collector(s) Name : S.R Ramesh & K.R.Keshava Murthy
Key identification features : A small annual climbing herb with slender smooth branches. Leaves are alternate, broad, segmented with toothed margin. Flowers are small (1.2-1.4 cm. across) in axillary umbels on a coiled wiry tendril. Fruit is 3-angled and inflated. A common vine on top of hedges in open places.
Habit : Herb
Native : India
Comments : The seed carries a heart-shaped mark on it and hence the technical name.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Devarayandurga State Forest (Tumkur)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Bellary, Bijapur, Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1996; Gowda, 2004 - Sringeri; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere