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Cardiospermum halicacabum

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

balloon vine, love in a puff

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

True seedTrue seed:
A mature fertilized ovule consisting of an embryo, with or without and external food reserve (e.g., endosperm) enclosed by the testa.

Shape

Globose

Size

  • Length: 5 mm
  • Width: 5 mm
  • Thickness: 5 mm

Color

Black with a white hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).

Texture

Smooth

Other structures

HilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 is heart-shaped.

Identification notes

The seed is black with a very conspicuous, white, heart-shaped hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
. The hilumHilum:
The scar on the seed coat at the place of its detachment from the seed stalk (funiculus).
 is quite large.

Noxious weed seed categories

State Noxious Weed: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia

AOSA examination list

Included

Nomenclature

Family

Sapindaceae

Valid name

Cardiospermum halicacabum L.

Cardiospermum halicacabum . Black seeds with a very conspicuous white, heart-shaped hilum.
Cardiospermum halicacabum. Black seeds with a very conspicuous white, heart-shaped hilum.
Cardiospermum halicacabum. Seeds with a very conspicuous white, heart-shaped hilum. 
Cardiospermum halicacabum. Seeds with a very conspicuous white, heart-shaped hilum. 
Cardiospermum halicacabum. Seeds with a very conspicuous white, heart-shaped hilum. 
Cardiospermum halicacabum. Seeds with a very conspicuous white, heart-shaped hilum.