Madeira vine

Anredera cordifolia

  • Madeira vine
  • Madeira vine
  • Flower name
    Madeira vine
  • Scientific name
    Anredera cordifolia
  • Alias南雲百薬, 陸若布, Madeira vine, 藜蔓, うんなんひゃくやく, オカワカメ
  • Place of originBrazil
  • Place of floweringFields and footpaths, Field
  • Flowering seasonJune, July, August, September, October

What is Madeira vine

Madeira vine (scientific name:Anredera cordifolia) is half-hardy evergreen vine of DepartmentBasellaceae , acasacazra genus native to Brazil. Stem extends to about 5 m in the vine, so summer shade plants. And with oval green leaves, its meat is shiny. Precinct with the stems are somewhat reddish. In small, fragrant white flowers that bloom in the fall of barringtonia man like clusters (racemes). The length of the inflorescence is 10 cm or so. Sake that is nutritious, and many contain vitamins and minerals, especially magnesium, calcium, zinc, folic acid, and copper to diabetes and high blood pressure, anemia, blood whispering will have an effect. Fern, tuberous root, mukago edible and medicinal purposes. The leaves are eaten raw and bitter. Boil because it contains oxalic acid, overdose and cause stones because whittle and eat, but makes a sticky like Malabar spinach of the same Department. The whole plant is edible.

Generic name: Madeira vine, scientific name: Anredera cordifolia, leaf color: green, leaf shape: heart-shaped ovoid, extends to about 5 m, origin: Brazil, living type: half hardy perennial vine, stem: vine, stem color: reddish Leaf quality: glossy and fleshy, leaf length: 5-10 cm, leaf arrangement: alternate, leaf length: 4-8 cm, tufted, leaf margin: entire, flower, white, pale yellow, rose small flowers (racemes) , aroma: flowers, inflorescence length: 10 to 30 cm, flower size: 0.2 to 0.4 cm, place where flowers bloom: axil of axil, shoot apex, flowering period: June to October, cooking method: raw salad · stir-fry · Immersed, special note: When boiled, leaves: stickiness, Uses: foliage plants (green plant), vegetables, medicinal.


  • Order
    Caryophyllales
  • Family
    Basellaceae
  • Genus
    Acasacazra
  • Species
    A. cordifolia
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Five-petal
  • Leaf type
    heart-shaped
  • Edge of the leaf
    Entire
  • Life typeHalf Hardy Evergreen vines and perennials
  • Flower colorsCream White
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit color
  • Height400.0 ~ 500.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.2 ~ 0.4 cm

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