Cardiospermum halicacabum var. microcarpum

<<<<Calyx>Petals>Appendages>Crests>Colour

yellow1

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<<<<Calyx>Petals>Appendages>Crests>Texture

fleshy2

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<<<Calyx>Petals>Appendages>Crests

with a , crest3

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<<<Calyx>Stamens>Filaments>Hairs

pubescent4

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<<Calyx>Petals>Appendages

the appendage ;5

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<<Calyx>Petals>Length

2-3 mm long6

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<<Calyx>Sepals>Colour

greenish7

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<<Calyx>Sepals>Sepal number

58

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<<Calyx>Sepals>Shape

rounded9

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<<Calyx>Stamens>Filaments

the filaments .10

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<<Calyx>Stamens>Stamen number

811

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<<Habit>Branches>Hairs

glabrous or puberulous12

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<<Habit>Branches>Rib number

5-ribbed13

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<<Leaves>Leaflets>Margins

the margins deeply lobed or dissected.14

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<<Leaves>Leaflets>Shape

ovate or oblong, with obtuse, acute or acuminate apex and tapering base15

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<<Leaves>Leaflets>Texture

chartaceous16

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<<Leaves>Petiole>Length

2-3 cm long17

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<<Seeds>Hilum>Colour

white18

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<<Seeds>Hilum>Shape

cordate19

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<Calyx>Petals

petals ,20

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<Calyx>Sepals

unequal, , sepals21

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<Calyx>Stamens

stamens ,22

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<Capsules>Colour

turning from green to straw colored23

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<Capsules>Dimensions

ca. 1 × 2 cm24

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<Capsules>Seed number per locule

with one seed per locule25

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<Habit>Branches

branches angled, , .26

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<Habit>Length

to 2 m long27

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<Leaves>Leaflets

leaflets , ,28

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<Leaves>Petiole

petioles , unwinged;29

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<Seeds>Colour

black30

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<Seeds>Dimensions

3.4-4.5 mm31

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<Seeds>Hilum

with a hilum32

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<Seeds>Shape

spherical33

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<Stipules>Length

ca. 5 mm long34

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<Stipules>Shape

lanceolate35

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<Thyrses>Position

axillary36

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<Thyrses>Tendrils

bearing a pair of tendrils at base of rachis37

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Calyx

Calyx of ;38

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Capsules

Capsule turbinate-trigonous, , ,39

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Description

Herbaceous vine to 2 m long, with multiple annual branches from a semi-woody base; branches angled, 5-ribbed, glabrous or puberulous. Stipules lanceolate, ca. 5 mm long. Leaves biternate; petioles 2-3 cm long, unwinged; leaflets chartaceous, ovate or oblong, with obtuse, acute or acuminate apex and tapering base, the margins deeply lobed or dissected. Thyrses axillary, shorter than the subtending leaves, bearing a pair of tendrils at base of rachis. Calyx of 5 unequal, rounded, greenish sepals; petals 2-3 mm long, the appendage with a fleshy, yellow crest; stamens 8, the filaments pubescent. Capsule turbinate-trigonous, ca. 1 × 2 cm, turning from green to straw colored, with one seed per loculeSeeds spherical, 3.4-4.5 mm, black, with a whitecordate hilum.

Distribution

temperate areas cultivated, tropics and subtropics present

Elsewhere in the tropics and subtropics as a weed, cultivated as an ornamental in temperate areas (GU: 3; SU: 2; FG: 1).

Habit

Herbaceous vine , with multiple annual branches from a semi-woody base;40

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Individuals Association

Guyana, Demerara-Mahaica, Georgetown, Irwin BG-17 Rothery 157 Suriname, Marowijne R., vic. of Albina, Went 442 Guyana, National Agricultural Research Institute, Boom et al. 8057 Guyana, W. bank of Demerara R., opposite Georgetown, Hitchcock 16727 Suriname, Niew Nickerie, Hekking 1122 Ile de Cayenne, Cayenne, Broadway 695

Leaves

Leaves biternate;41

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Seeds

Seeds , , , .42

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Stipules

Stipules , .43

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Thyrses

Thyrses , shorter than the subtending leaves, .44

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