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Anredera cordifolia

(Ten.) Steenis (1957)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-CoreEudicot Order: Caryophyllales Family: Basellaceae Genus: Anredera

‘uala hūpē [uala hupe], Madeira vine, mignonette vine

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Perennial vines.

Stems: Stems usually 3–6 m long.

Roots: Rhizomes thick.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades ovate or sometimes lanceolate, 1–11 cm long, 0.8–8 cm wide. Apex obtuse to acute. Base cordate or truncate with small axillary tubercles. Blades fleshy. Margins entire. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in racemes simple or 2-4–branched, 4–30 cm long, pedicels 1.5–2 mm long. Flowers bisexual (perfect), each flower subtended by a minute persistent bract; receptacle cup–shaped by 2 persistent hyaline bracteoles, the upper 2 greenish white, broadly elliptic to suborbicular, ca. 1–2 mm long. Perianth in 1 series, tepals white, lobed nearly to base, the lobes ovate–oblong to elliptic, 1–3 mm long. Stamens 5, white; opposite the petals; filaments reflexed in bud, adnate to base of petals; anthers dithecal. Ovary superior, 1-celled, 3-carpellate; ovule 1, placentation basal; styles white, 3-cleft nearly to base.

Fruit: Unknown. Seeds globose; true endosperm absent.

Ploidy: 2n = 24

Habitat:

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean

Vegetative Reproduction

Pollinators

Notes

  • 1940 on Oahu; prob. introduced during early part of 20th century
  • Description digitized by pumehana
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • Native from Paraguay to southern Brazil and northern Argentina, widely cultivated in tropical regions; in Hawai'i commonly cultivated and often escaping, now sparingly naturalized probably on all of the main islands, but not documented from Ni'ihau, Lana'i, or Kaho'olawe. Fruit has not been observed on plants of Anredera cordifolia in Hawai'i and presumably it has spread via the axillary tubers.

Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Males. 5: 303 (1957)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:381 (K, O, Mo, M, H); Nagata 1995:11 (L); Staples & Herbst 2005:174 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Anredera cordifolia Honolulu, Kamehameha School Preserved_Specimen Flowers green-white, turn brown-black. Fragrant. Mitchell, D.D. Oahu BISH 1946-08-27
2 Anredera cordifolia Kalaupapa; SE corner of settlement weedy, behind houses Preserved_Specimen perennial vine, leaves and stem somewhat fleshy Wysong, M.L. 770 Molokai BISH 2005-08-10
3 Anredera cordifolia Maunalei Gulch, old pump station climbing alien vegetation, sunny Preserved_Specimen vining Oppenheimer, H.L. 50814 Lanai BISH 2008-05-29
4 Anredera cordifolia Kau DISTR: about 5 miles E. of Naalehu on the Belt Road (Hwy. 11) Roadside, growing over a fence bordering a pasture. Possibly naturalized? Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 9327 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-13
5 Anredera cordifolia Honolulu, Manoa area, Woodlawn Drive A roadside weed scrambling over other plants, in full sun. Preserved_Specimen Weed. The petals are white or greenish. The flower is odorless (morning). Lau, J. 1368 Oahu BISH 1985-09-02
6 Anredera cordifolia Honolulu Distr., Wiliwilinui Trail, alongside open dirt track soon after leaving paved road portion of hike Dry ridge. Climbing on Casuarina; also with Acacia confusa, Schefflera, Panicum maximum, Barleria repens, Asystasia. Preserved_Specimen Climbing, succulent-leaved vine. Flowers produced in spikes, white, delicate, unscented. Imada, C. 200155 Oahu BISH 2001-08-26
7 Anredera cordifolia Makua Military Reservation, Kaluakauila Gulch Growing on Psydrax odorata on the edge of drop zone, with Rauvolfia sandwicensis, Diospyros sandwicensis, Reynoldsia sandwicensis, Erythrina sandwicensis, Cocculus trilobus, Hyptis pectinata, Panicum maximum, Myoporum sandwicense, Lantana camara, Preserved_Specimen Vine 5 m long, flowering profusely and fruiting. Beachy, J. 17 Oahu BISH 2005-04-21
8 Anredera cordifolia Tantalus Dr., .3mi above housing development Vine, climbing up invasive trees in heavily disturbed dry forest Preserved_Specimen Bearing numerous tubers from the stems. Abundant Faccenda, K. 1667 Oahu BISH 2020-08-10
9 Anredera cordifolia Honolulu, near 42 Coelho Way On stone wall. Preserved_Specimen Flowers white, fragrant, turning black. Neal, M.C. 1182 Oahu BISH 1940-06-07
10 Anredera cordifolia Honolulu, University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus Growing on link fence by Hale Manoa. Preserved_Specimen Twining vine with pale green foliage, white flowers, axillary tubers. Herbst, D.R. 576 Oahu BISH 1967-09-06
11 Anredera cordifolia Waianae Mts., Kaluakauila lower patch. Forested area in the lower patch of Kaluakauila. This is a primarily native area, with lots of rare dry forest species (i.e., Euphorbia haeleeleana). This specimen was found while staff was weeding around rare plant populations. Staff only visits this location on intermittent basis, and this is the first time any strange vines have been noticed. Preserved_Specimen Vine with aerial tubers growing in a Schinus terebinthifolius. Small pieces of the tubers were on the ground underneath specimen, with new leaf growth on each. Leaf shape is heart-shaped, with bright green foliage. On one piece of the specimen there are remnants of the infloresence. Shinsato, W. 563 Oahu BISH 2021-11-18
12 Anredera cordifolia Honolulu, 2739 Tantalus Dr. dry forest; with Leucaena leucocephala, Panicum maximum, Cissus verticillata Preserved_Specimen liana, flowers greenish white Ray, G. 32 Oahu BISH 1997-08-11
13 Anredera cordifolia Koloa: Waikomo road .1 mile from junction with Poipu road Along road climbing over Leucaena and Justicia. Preserved_Specimen Flowers greenish-white. Leaves succulent. Flynn, T.W. 1896 Kauai BISH 1986-09-08
14 Anredera cordifolia Mililani area, near Waiawa Correctional facility, ca 1/4 mile off Wiawa Prison Road in maze of trails leading to Ahern Loop Trail In disturbed dry forest/scrub composed mostly of alien species. Preserved_Specimen Vine 12-15 ft tall; stems mostly leafless, with masses of dissected aerial tubers along their length; lvs cordate, +/- succulent, clustered near stem apex; flw buds immature, greenish, in drooping panicles. Staples, G.W. 1201 Oahu BISH 2000-07-30
15 Anredera cordifolia Honolulu, near Roosevelt High School Climbing all over opiuma trees. Preserved_Specimen No flowers or fruit but bearing many tubers (slimy, insipid-tasting). Uehara, S. Oahu BISH 1957-10-15
16 Anredera cordifolia Kau, Waiohinu Old Prep. School wall. Preserved_Specimen Tubers form in ground near surface, occasionally on the stems. Meinecke, W.H. Hawaii BISH 1960-08-22
17 Anredera cordifolia Mililani area, near Waiawa Correctional facility, ca 1/4 mile off Wiawa Prison Road in maze of trails leading to Ahern Loop Trail In disturbed dry forest/scrub composed mostly of alien species. Preserved_Specimen Vine 12-15 ft tall; stems mostly leafless, with masses of dissected aerial tubers along their length; lvs cordate, +/- succulent, clustered near stem apex; flw buds immature, greenish, in drooping panicles. Staples, G.W. 1201 Oahu BISH 2000-07-30
18 Anredera cordifolia W Maui, Iao Valley road Growing up a steep bank among Haole koa. Preserved_Specimen Leaves succulent, delicious raw. Hobdy, R.W. 2479 Maui BISH 1986-01-22
19 Anredera cordifolia Kau Distr.; ca. 5 miles E of Naalehu on the Belt Road (Hwy. 11) Roadside; growing over a fence bordering a pasture. Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 9327 Hawaii BISH 1991-01-13
20 Anredera cordifolia Maui In pineapple fields. Preserved_Specimen Weed. McCloskey, D. Maui BISH 1955-08-17
21 Anredera cordifolia Kawaihau, Anahola by taro patch Preserved_Specimen Lau, J. Kauai BISH 2005-06-27
22 Anredera cordifolia Koloa. Along Weliweli Road ca 0.1 mile E of junction with Waikomo Road. Secondary vegetation. With Leucaena and Urochloa. Preserved_Specimen Flynn, T.W. 7488 Kauai BISH 2011-06-30
23 Anredera cordifolia Wahiawa District: Wahiawa, just off California Ave Occasional in moist gulch along Kopena Road. Preserved_Specimen Nagata, K.M. 3838 Oahu BISH 1988-03-25
24 Anredera cordifolia Honaunau Preserved_Specimen Climbing vine with 0.5-1 cm thick stems, 3 + meters long. Leaves bright green. Flowers in racemes, white with 5 petals, minute. Fruits not seen. HDOA Hawaii BISH 2013-07-29
25 Anredera cordifolia Honolulu, Makiki Heights Preserved_Specimen Vigorous vine, growing wild; flowers white; + fruit. Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1954-08-21
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