Common Name: BASELLA FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb vines, +- fleshy, glabrous. Leaf: simple, alternate, petioled [not], entire [toothed]; stipules 0. Inflorescence: panicle [raceme, spike], axillary or terminal; pedicel subtended by bract. Flower: generally bisexual, radial, immediately subtended on pedicel by [1]2 bractlets; sepals 2; petals [4]5[--13], +- fused basally into shallow cup; nectary a ring; stamens [4]5[--9], from petal cup, basally fused, basally widened; ovary superior, chamber 1, styles [1]3, +- fused basally. Fruit: utricle, indehiscent, fleshy or papery, enclosed in dry perianth. Seed: 1. Genera In Family: 4 genera, +- 20 species: tropics, subtropics, mostly America; some cultivated (Anredera, ornamental; Basella, edible leaves; Ullucus, edible tubers). Note: Based on anatomy, some authors interpret sepals as bracts, petals as sepals; Basella alba L. cultivated in California. eFlora Treatment Author: Michael A. Vincent Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Common Name: MADEIRA VINE Inflorescence: raceme or panicle of spike-like racemes; bractlets fused basally into cup. Flower: calyx, corolla +- spreading to +- reflexed, +- similar; stigmas club- or head-shaped or 2-lobed. Etymology: (Evidently for a person named Anreder) Reference: Van Steenis 1957 Fl Malesiana I 5:302--304
Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis
AGRICULTURAL, GARDEN, OR URBAN WEED Habit: Roots tuber-like. Stem: axils with small tubers. Leaf: 2--10 cm; blades +- cordate to +- round. Inflorescence: +- 30 cm; pedicels < 2 mm. Flower: generally functionally staminate; +- 6 mm diam; perianth +- white, fragrant, +- black in fruit; styles 1--1.5 mm, fused in basal 1/2--2/3. Fruit: +- spheric, 0.8--1.1 mm (0 in California). Seed: rarely viable. Chromosomes: 2n=24. Ecology: Uncommon. Disturbed, +- urban areas, abandoned orchards; Elevation: < 500 m. Bioregional Distribution: SnFrB, SCoRO, SCo; Distribution Outside California: native to South America. Flowering Time: Jul--Nov Note: Spreads rapidly by stem tubers; shown to have anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, liver-protective effects in rats. Synonyms: Boussingaultia cordifolia Ten.; Boussingaultia gracilis Miers; Boussingaultia gracilis var. pseudobaselloides (Hauman) L.H. Bailey Jepson eFlora Author: Michael A. Vincent Reference: Van Steenis 1957 Fl Malesiana I 5:302--304 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Anredera Next taxon: Bataceae
Citation for this treatment: Michael A. Vincent 2012, Anredera cordifolia, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=13489, accessed on April 19, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 19, 2024.
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