5 Graines Petite vigne à ballon, Cardiospermum halicacabum

Small Ballon Vine with Hearts, Cardiosperm Halicacabum | Graines reproductibles, Graines Non Traitées

Cardiospermum Halicacabum , known as Small vine in Ballon, Plant with balloon or Love in a puff , is a climbing plant widely spread in The tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia and North America which is often as bad along the roads and rivers.

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The book of 1889 "The useful indigenous plants of Australia" reports that other common names for cardiosperum Halicacabum were "Seed of Heart", "Pea of Heart" or "Winter Cherry". It is one of the "ten sacred flowers of Kerala ", collectively known as Dasapushpam .

The generic name Cardiospermum , which is translated into "heart seeds", has been given because of its large black seeds, whose white brand recalls a stylized heart. The specific epithet Halicacabum comes from the Greek word for barrel of salt and refers to swollen fruits, hence the common name of balloon vines is derived.

The balloon vines is a climbing plant perennial herbaceous strongly invaded which can even become lignified at the base. can reach more than 10 meters high, ^[4] It can flower at a height of about 25 cm. The thin and grooved rods are bald with slightly fluffy.

The triangular leafy leaves 5 to 6 cm long distributed over the stem are divided into a petiole and a penné limbus . Petiole measures (0.5 to) 1.5 to 3.5 cm long and the spinal measures 0.4 to 2 cm long. The opposite leaflets measure 1 to 2 cm long and the terminal leaflets are 4 to 6 cm long. The margins of the leaves are serrated. The stipules are reduced to tiny scales falling early. On the side of an inflorescence rod with sparse fluffy hairs 5 to 9 cm long, There are two bracts 1 mm long, two Vrilles Circularly rolled up and three with seven flowers in a zymatic inflorescence.

Flower flowers unisexuae are perianthes Doubles Zygomorphs and Quadrules. of the four sepales free, concave and sustainable , the two externals are circular, 2 mm long and ciliated , while the two interiors are oblong-oval, 3 at 4 mm and glabrous. The four white petals with yellowish are Obovals and measure about 3 mm long, the two upper trees are each adorned with woolly scales and the two lower have great sheets in the shape of a sheet and two glands.

In male flowers there are two circles with four free stamens each and rudimentary stamps present. The compressed stamens are hairy and measure approximately 2 mm long and the Anthers are approximately 0.5 mm long. In the female, the flowers are obovals, 2 to 3 mm long and hairy, ovary in isolated drawing tube with a short hairy hairy stylus, which ends by a scar in three parts and eight staminods present.  [5]

The well visible fruits, membraneous , almost spherical or wide capsule in the shape of a pear have a diameter of 3 to 5 cm, initially fluffy and hairy, light green "balloons" brown at maturity. There is only one seed in each of the three fruit rooms. A notable characteristic of individual seeds is a large light -shaped light spray on the otherly almost black seed. Kidney -shaped seeds have a diameter of about 6 mm and at their base a cordiform white arille about 5 mm wide.

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