- Family : SAPINDACEAE
(Soapberry Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : REETHA FAMILY (रीठा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Sapindaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
- Common name : Balloon-vine heart-seed, Heart's Pea, Balloon vine, Blister creeper, Heart's pea, Heart seed
- Vernacular name :
- Kanphata, Kanphuti (Hindi)
- Bekkinabudde gida (Kannada)
- Modakkathan, Kottavan (Tamil)
- Budda kakara (Telugu)
- Phatka, Mayajaal, Sibjhol, Kanphuta (Oria)
- Jotishmati, Karavi, Parvatapadi (Sanskrit)
- Kapal-phodi (Marathi)
- Karavi, Karuthakunni, Paluruvam, Ulincha, Uzhinja, Valliuzhinja (Malayalam)
- Habit : Liana
- Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, also in scrub jungle and plains
- Comments / notes : Common on the hedges, Seeds and roots have valuable medicinal properties
- Key identification features : Tendril climber; capsule pyriform, inflated, winged at the angles
- Flower, Fruit : July-February
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
- Karnataka : Karnataka
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : All districts of Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Repu, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Benin, Bismarck Archipelago, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Repu, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, French Guiana, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Guyana, Hainan, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lakshadweep Islands, Laos, Leeward Islands, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Islands, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaya, Maldives, Mali, Maluku, Marquesas, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Islands, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Islands, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Vietnam, Windward Islands, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1
- N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
- P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 352
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cardiospermum halicacabum. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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