Cardiospermum halicacabum
| Cardiospermum halicacabum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapindoideae |
| Genus: | Cardiospermum |
| Species: | C. halicacabum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cardiospermum halicacabum L. | |
Cardiospermum halicacabum, known as the balloon plant or love in a puff, is a climbing plant widely distributed in tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia.[1] Often found as a weed along roads and rivers, it has been examined for antidiarrhoeal[2] as well as homoeopathic medicinal[1] properties.
In New Zealand it is listed on the National Pest Plant Accord which identifies pest plants that are prohibited from sale, and commercial propagation and distribution.
It is one among the "Ten Sacred Flowers of Kerala State in India, collectively known as Dasapushpam.
Gallery
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Flower-these are the plants blossoms
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Unripe fruits
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Opened fruit showing seed arrangement
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Seeds
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Committee for veterinary medicinal products (2000). "Summary Report on "Cardiospermum halicacabum"". EMEA/MRL/664/99-FINAL (August 1999). The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (Veterinary Medicines Evaluation Unit). Retrieved 2010-04-25..
- ↑ Rao, N Venkat; Chandra Prakash, K; Shanta Kumar, SM (2006), "Pharmacological investigation of Cardiospermum halicacabum (Linn) in different animal models of diarrhoea", Indian Journal of Pharmacology 38 (5): 346–349, doi:10.4103/0253-7613.27703, retrieved 2010-04-25
External links
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). [http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?submitForm=true&page_id=77&searchTextMenue=Cardiospermum+halicacabum&filterRegionIDs[]=6&filterRegionIDs[]=1&filterRegionIDs[]=2&filterRegionIDs[]=3&filterRegionIDs[]=5 "Cardiospermum halicacabum"]. African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.