| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 91 |
| Synonym | : | Cardiospermum acuminatum Miq.; Cardiospermum corycodes Kunze; Cardiospermum corycodes Kuntze; Cardiospermum glabrum Schumach. & Thonn.; Cardiospermum inflatum Salisb.; Cardiospermum luridum Blume; Cardiospermum moniliferum Sw. ex Steud.; Cardiospermum pumilum Blume; Cardiospermum truncatum A.Rich.; Corindum halicacabum (L.) Medik.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kapalphodi, Balloon Vine, Love-in-a-puff, heart pea, heart seed, Kanphata, Kanphuti, kanphuti, shibjal, kakumardanika, |
| Plant Family | : | Sapindaceae |
| Description | : | Woody, annual, many-branched vine with bi-fid (forked) axillary tendrils that are used for climbing. Leaves are alternate and twice ternately compound. Leaflets bear toothed margins, are lanceolate in shape, 2-4cm in length, 1-2cm wide, and faintly pubescent with pinnate venation. Uses the two-branched axillary tendrils often found at the base of the inflorescences. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In hedges Fields and among grasses |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Ear problems, C. halicacabum has been used in the treatment of rheumatism, nervous diseases, stiffness of the limbs and snake bite. Leaves are crushed and made into a tea, which aids itchy skin. Salted leaves are used as a poultice on swellings. Young leaves can be cooked as vegetables. The leaf juice has been used as a treatment for earache as well. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Pentadecanoie acid; Apigenin; Protocatechuic acid; Protocatechualdehyde; Hentriacontanol; Calycosin; Rutin; Quercetin; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (3): Quercetin; Rutin; Apigenin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Rare |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- Chen J, Wei JH, Cai SF, Miao WS, Pan LW."Study on chemical constituents of Cardiospermum halicacabum" Zhong Yao Cai. 2013 Feb;36(2):228 to 30. PMID: 23901648 |
| Reference | : | ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Sapindales |
| Family | : Sapindaceae - Soapberry family |
| Genus | : Cardiospermum L. - balloonvine |
| Species | : Cardiospermum halicacabum L. - balloon vine |
