Buy Beautiful Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum halicacabum) Heartseed Plants Online
Original price
Rs. 99.00
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Original price
Rs. 99.00
Original price
Rs. 99.00
Rs. 99.00
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Rs. 99.00
Current price
Rs. 99.00
- Common name:
- Balloon Vine, Heartseed
- Regional name:
- Bengali - Lataphatkari, Gujarati - Karolio, Kannada - Erumballi, Malayalam - Valliyuzhinja, Marathi - Kapal-phodi, Sanskrit - Karnasphota, Tamil - Mudukottan, Telugu - Buddakakara
- Category:
- Climbers, Creepers & Vines, Medicinal Plants, Groundcovers
- Family:
- Sapindaceae or Litchi family
- Light:
- Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- White
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Climbing or growing on support
- Special Character:
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- Indigenous (native to India)
- Can grow on trellis or chain link fencing
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
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Plant Description:
- - This is one plant that can be said to be native to the entire world. It is found across the tropics from Asia to Africa to America.
- A tendril climber, perennial but often grown as annual from seeds.
- It attains a length of 3-4 m.
- Leaves are oblong, acuminate, coarse and serrated.
- Flowers are small and white.
- Fruit boloon like, about 2-3 cm wide. -
Growing tips:
- - This quick growing climber.
- It grows in pots or the ground.
- Can be quite interesting as a ground cover. Plant it close to walkways or in raised beds so that people can appreciate its fruit.
- basic care is sufficient to grow this plant. Can grow well in small pots too.