Cardiospermum halicacabum
L., Sp. Pl. 366. 1753; Hiern in Fl.
Brit. India 1: 670. 1875. C.
microcarpum Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. 5: 104.
1821.
Beng.: Sibjhul, Nayaphutki; Guj.: Kagadolio, Korolio; Kan.: Kakarlata;
Mani.: Putka, Sibjul; Mar.: Tejovati, Kapal-phodi.
Annual or perennial, tendrillar, climbing herbs; stem and branches slender, furrowed, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves deltoid or ovate, 3 - 8 cm, bitemate; leaflets deeply incised, acute at apex, narrowed at base. Flowers very small, white in umbellate cymes; cyme resting on 2 opposite circinate tenderils. Outer sepals rounded-obovate, inner rounded, larger than the outer, very thin. Petals rounded. Capsules on short stalks, subglobose or broadly pyriform, 1.2 - 3 cm across, trigonous, truncate at top, angles winged. Seeds globose, black.
Fl. & Fr. : Throughout the greater part of the year.
Distrib. India : Throughout the country in tropical and subtropical regions, mostly amidst hedges.
Notes. Roots, leaves and seeds are reported to be used in indigenous system of medicine in Maharashtra.
Annual or perennial, tendrillar, climbing herbs; stem and branches slender, furrowed, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves deltoid or ovate, 3 - 8 cm, bitemate; leaflets deeply incised, acute at apex, narrowed at base. Flowers very small, white in umbellate cymes; cyme resting on 2 opposite circinate tenderils. Outer sepals rounded-obovate, inner rounded, larger than the outer, very thin. Petals rounded. Capsules on short stalks, subglobose or broadly pyriform, 1.2 - 3 cm across, trigonous, truncate at top, angles winged. Seeds globose, black.
Fl. & Fr. : Throughout the greater part of the year.
Distrib. India : Throughout the country in tropical and subtropical regions, mostly amidst hedges.
Notes. Roots, leaves and seeds are reported to be used in indigenous system of medicine in Maharashtra.
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