Boussingaultia cordifolia, Ten.
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1. B. cordifolia Ten. View in CoL , Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, 19: 355 (1853)
( B. baselloides auct., non Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth).
Tall slender twining plant with numerous potato-like tubers on the rhizomes. Leaves 2-7 cm. Inflorescence 5-15 cm, more or less compound, axillary; flowers c. 2 mm, whitish. Naturalized on roadsides and in waste places in S. & S.E. Europe. [Az Ga Hs Lu Rs (W, E).] (Subtropical South America.)
Grown in gardens in S. Europe, mainly for its drought-resistant summer-green foliage, but also cultivated as a vegetable.
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Boussingaultia cordifolia
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1964 |