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Family: Sapindaceae	Genus: Cardiospermum	Species: Cardiospermum halicacabum Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Cardiospermum halicacabum luridum (BI.) Adelb, Cardiospermum microspermum E. Mey., Cardiospermum luridum Bl., Cardiospermum corycodes Kunze	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Balloon Vine, Love-in-a-puff	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	Heart seed, Blister creeper, Heart's pea, heartseed, Balloon vine	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Kanphata, Kanphuti, Kapalphodi	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	From plains upto 900 m	Fruit Type	Capsule
Habit	Climber	Fruit Details	Fruit a membranous inflated, 3-lobed capsule, loculicidally 3-valved, 1.5 × 2 cm, winged at the angles, pubescent. Seeds globose, 3 mm diam.
Habitat	Locally abundant in wasteland and disturbed ground, ready colonizer.	Bark Type	Smooth
Distribution	Throughout India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Tropical and Sub-tropical Africa, Malacca.	Bark Details	Greyish brown in colour.
Distribution in chandigarh	Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Compound
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Trifoliate
Description of Species	Climbing, tendril-bearing glabrous or thinly pubescent herb with wiry stems and branches. Leaves biternate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 3-6 ×1.5-4.5 cm, deeply incised, coarsely dentate, acuminate; petiole to 5 cm; petiolule 2-5 mm. Flowers white, 3-3.5 mm diam. Stamens 8, excentric, filaments unequal, basally connate. Ovary 3-celled; ovule 1 per cell. Fruit a membranous inflated, 3-lobed capsule, loculicidally 3-valved, 1.5 × 2 cm, winged at the angles, pubescent. Seeds globose, 3 mm diam.	Leaf Details	Leaves biternate; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 3-6 × 1.5-4.5 cm, deeply incised, coarsely dentate, acuminate; petiole to 5 cm; petiolule 2-5 mm.

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