Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw. [Sapindaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balloon vine	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
pois de coeur	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cardiospermum barbicaule Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 418 (1868).
Cardiospermum coluteoides Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 100 (1821).
Cardiospermum duarteanum Cambess. in A.F.C.de Saint-Hilaire, Fl. Bras. Merid. 1: 349 (1828).
Cardiospermum elegans Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 99 (1821).
Cardiospermum grandiflorum f. elegans (Kunth) Radlk. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 8: 260 (1878).
Cardiospermum grandiflorum f. genuinum Radlk. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 8: 260 (1878), not validly publ.
Cardiospermum grandiflorum f. hirsutum (Willd.) Radlk. Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München 8: 260 (1878).
Cardiospermum hirsutum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 467 (1800).
Cardiospermum hispidum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 100 (1821).
Cardiospermum inflatum Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 158 (1829).
Cardiospermum macrophyllum Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 100 (1821).
Cardiospermum pilosum Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 159 (1829).
Cardiospermum velutinum Hook. & Arn. Bot. Misc. 3: 158 (1833).
Cardiospermum vesicarum Humb. Relat. Hist. 1: 39 (1814).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cardiospermum grandiflorum	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cardiospermum grandiflorum Swartz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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