Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Sapindaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Annual or biennial, slender, glabrous or slightly pubescent, 0.6-5 m. long. Leaves petioled, 5-10 cm. long; segments stalked, ovate or oblong, acute or acuminate, sharply serrate; peduncles commonly longer than the leaves; flowers white, 6-8 mm. broad; petals obovate; filaments pubescent; capsule about 3 cm. long, globose-pyriform, pubescent, seeds globose, nearly black, about 5 mm. thick, the large white hilum cordate.
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Distribution
Scrub-lands and cultivated grounds, New Providence and Eleuthera : New Jersey to Missouri, Florida, and Texas ; West Indies ; Mexico to tropical South America. Balloon-vine.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| New Jersey United States of America North America| Missouri United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Texas United States of America North America| West Indies| South America|