naturalizedSapindaceae
Cardiospermum grandiflorum
Showy Balloon Vine
Naturalized (non-native)non-native
Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.
Cardiospermum grandiflorum, commonly known as balloon vine, heart pea or heart seed, is a species of climbing plant native to eastern Argentina and Brazil. It was described by Olof Swartz and is in the family Sapindaceae. The species can grow over 10 m (33 ft) long and it has small white flowers.
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Seasonality
Only 4 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.
Gallery · 5 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 13 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 165 · GBIF 123 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 105 · GBIF 89 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 17 · GBIF 13 ✓
Waimānalo · OʻahuiNat 15 · GBIF 8 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 8 · GBIF 2 ✓
Heʻeia · OʻahuiNat 6 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiawa · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kāneʻohe · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waiʻanae · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hālawa · OʻahuiNat 2
Mānana · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kaʻalaea · OʻahuiNat 1
Mākao · OʻahuiNat 1
Hōʻaeʻae · OʻahuGBIF 1