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Cardiospermum halicacabum
Cardiospermum halicacabum
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Cardiospermum halicacabum
L.
Common Name :
Karodiyo, Kagdodiyo, Balloon Vine, Heart-Seed
Plant Family :
Sapindaceae
Plant Form :
Herb
Occurrence (Sectors) :
30
Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan
About Cardiospermum halicacabum Plant :
Habit :
Annual and perennial, slender and beautifully delicate climber- with flower-peduncle tendrils.
Leaves :
Twice ternate, segments lanceolate, serrate, acute.
Inflorescence :
Umbellate cyme.
Flowers :
White in few flowered umbellate cyme, peduncles slender, stiff, axillary provided beneath the cyme with 2, opposite, circinate tendrils.
Sepals 4, imbricate, outer smaller, inner larger.
Petals 4, rounded at apex.
Stamens 8, excentric, filaments unequal.
Ovary 3-celled, style very short, trifid.
Fruit :
Capsule membranous, trigonous, 3-celled, stalked truncate at top, winged at angles, bladdery, veined.
Seeds :
Rounded, smooth, black, with a small, white, heart-shaped aril.
Flowering and Fruiting Time :
September-December
Significance :
Common hedge plant and in gardens everywhere.
The leaves, roots and seeds used in medicine, for lung diseases, rheumatism and stiffness of the limbs.
It cures earache and eyesore.