Sentence examples for balloon vine from inspiring English sources
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A tropical perennial climbing vine, , having ornamental balloon-like fruits, and used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Cardiospermum halicacabum (balloon vine), an annual from the tropics and subtropics, is grown for its small balloonlike fruits in many areas, where it sometimes escapes and becomes naturalized.
Vasantharaja et al. (2012) have reported recovery of cypermethrin-induced damage in C. mrigala by dietary supplement of balloon vine, Cardiospermum helicacabum leaf powder.
These pests infest the balloon vine, but some populations have started to take advantage of the Asian goldenrain tree ever since it was introduced in 1955.
In Key Largo (25° 6′ 11.40′′, −80° 26′ 2.88′′), we collected individuals with long beaks feeding on the native balloon vine (Cardiospermum corindum).
Cardiospermum halicacabum (Welpenela in Sinhala; balloon vine in English) is an annual or sometimes perennial herb, which is very common in the low country of Sri Lanka.
This mechanism has been demonstrated aboveground, where the native Australian soapberry bug (Leptocoris tagalicus) evolved 5 10 % longer mouthparts, which allowed them to attack larger fruits of the forest-invading exotic balloon vine (Cardiospermum grandiflorum) (Carroll et al. 2005).
Ultimately, these experiments will help us to understand the evolution of beak length differences associated with other anthropogenic host-shifts, such as the Australian red-eyed bug, Leptocoris tagalicus, which has colonized two introduced species of invasive balloon vines that have much larger fruits than the native hosts (Carroll 2007).
The largest pumpkins balloon out from the vine.
High flier The Grand Hotel Continental (00 39 0577 56011; niquesahotels.com), a 17th-century converted palazzo in Siena, has a hot air balloon ride over Tuscany's vine-carpeted hills, plus a private wine tasting in the hotel's Enoteca Sapor diVino, a wine cellar carved out of the rock in the old medieval tower.
