| Author: |
Carl Friedrich von Gaertner,
1807 | |
Family: |
BASELLACEAE |
| Origin: |
Bahamas, Belize, Cayman
Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles,
Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, S USA, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela,
Windward Islands |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water: |
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
| Thickness: |
3 Centimetres |
| Height: |
8 Centimetres |
| Flower: |
Cream-Colour |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings/Airbulbs |
| Names: |
Texas Madeira Vine, Sacasile |
| Synonyms: |
Basella vesicaria,
Lam., 1792.
Atriplex spicata, Stokes, 1812.
Beriesa baselloides, Steud., 1840.
Gomphrena volubilis, Blanco, 1837.
Anredera cumingii, Hassk., 1865.
Anredera leptostachys,, Steenis, 1957.
Anredera scandens, Sm., 1818.
Anredera spicata, J.F.Gmel., 1791.
Anredera vesiculosa, Poir., 1810.
Boussingaultia leptostachya, Moq., 1849.
Clarisia volubilis, Abat , 1792.
Siebera baselloides, C.Presl, 1828. |
This member of the
Basellaceae family
was given this name by Carl Friedrich von Gaertner in 1807. It is found in
Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican
Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward
Islands, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico,
S USA, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela and Windward Islands, growing in a
rich but well drained soil with lots of water and some to lots of sun. The rhizomes can grow to
three centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
to eight metres in height. The flowers are cream-colored.
Sub-family: Anredereae.
The genera from the Spanish
word enredadera which refers to a twining or climbing plant.
The species name from Latin; vesica; 'blatter' and
New Latin -aria; 'air'. Must be for the light leaves. |
