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Live Mudakathan Keerai Plant, Balloon Vine, Cardiospermum Halicacabum, (Creeper)

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Quick grow facts

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Sun

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Soil

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Fertilizer

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Pollination

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Propagation

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Look out for (Houston)

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What it is

Native to tropical locations, the Balloon Vine can be found creeping and climbing its way on or along anything that gets in its way in moist thickets, open grounds, grasslands, scrublands, along roadsides, waste locations, riverbanks and other disturbed sites. It is a member of the maple family (Sapindaceae). (Species-level info; not specific to this variety.)

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Why grow/eat it

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How to use it

The leaves and stems are edible.

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Harvest in Houston

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Container tips

Likes full sun to partial shade. Soil: moist occasionally dry occasionally wet, kept moist; handles some wet spells; handles dry spells.

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Cautions

Aphids and whiteflies are occasional visitors.

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Sources

  1. https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/cardiospermum-halicacabum/