The fruit is balloon seeds with heart-shaped hats and flowers and leaves have something special.

Last time, it was mentioned that the sepals of wild watermelon seedlings gathered again in the fruit and became a "lantern" with purple and black stripes.

Not long ago, I saw the falling bell, and the fruit was like a lantern.

[Cardiospermum halicacabum] Disease-free family Sapindaceae > > Bell genus

The Flora of China and friends say it is a common weed in the south, while it is rare in the north. But I never met him in the south. Instead, I met him in Beijing.

The fallen bells I saw were covered with an one-person-tall, two-or three-meter-long rattan frame with luxuriant branches and very gratifying growth.

Although it was the full bloom of the falling bell, it was difficult to notice his green fruit and fine white flowers without stopping and taking a few more glances.

His young fruit is balloon-shaped and round. From another point of view, it can be found that the fruit of the bell is made up of three spheres, which is very wonderful.

At first glance, the fruit looks very much like the fruit of the tree. After going back to inquire, sure enough, the fallen bell is also a plant of the disease-free family, which is the same family as Luan tree. This is interesting. I remember that there are basically shrubs and trees in the disease-free family, and there are herbaceous vines such as falling bells.

I secretly picked one and pinched it. The fruit should be sealed, flexible to squeeze and feel good. And then... I couldn't wait to cut the fruit open. Consistent with the appearance, the interior of the fruit is indeed divided into three chambers, each with a small seed.

Interestingly, the round seed wears a white "hat". It is not easy to see what comes now, but when the seeds are ripe, you can find that the white "hat" is heart-shaped.

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.

Http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CAGR13

The flowers of the floor bell are four-petaled, like a cross fan.

His flowers are really too small, but there are many interesting details not to be missed. There is a cylindrical structure in the center of the petal. The top part of the tubular structure is yellow, and the lower part is like a pocket, wrapping the stamens. His flowers are male and female, and the stamens of male flowers are longer and will emerge from the tube-shaped structure.

The calyx is also something special, four-petaled, but two long and two short, not the same size.

Several florets make up the inflorescence. The ground bell is a kind of climbing plant, which should have a structure for climbing. The tendrils of the ground bell grow at the base of the inflorescence, which is also a point of great personality.

In cucurbitaceae plants such as cucumbers and towel gourds, tendrils are basically born at the base of the petiole. For things like grapes and raspberries, tendrils grow at the top of the stem.

Inverted bell, you really have a lot of places where you "don't follow the routine".

It is said that the leaves of the fallen bell are somewhat similar to those of the neem tree, so he also has an individual named "golden bitter neem vine".

Author: Jiang SB.

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