Swaziland's Alien Plants Database

Cardiospermum halicacabum  var. halicacabum  SAPINDACEAE Invasive, Minor problem species Origin: Growth Form: Climber Plant Description: Delicate, branching, herbaceous climber with trifoliolate leaves and tendrils in pairs on the inflorescences; leaflets coarsely toothed and lobed; terminal leaflet to about 4 cm long; flowers minute, greenish white, about 3 mm wide; sepals 4; petals 4; stamens 4 longer, 4 shorter; fruit inflated, like a three-sided balloon, pendent, about 1-1.4 cm long, eventually dehiscent; seeds black with a pale heart-shaped hilum Key Features: Control: Comments:

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