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The family Sapindaceae includes 142 genera and approximately 1900 species distributed worldwide Sapindaceae, along with the families Bignoniaceae and Fabaceae, are the major components of the vine vegetation of the Neotropics (Stevens, 12)The genus Cardiospermum currently comprises 17 species of subshrubs and herbaceous climbers commonly called balloon vines (the Plant List,Balloon Vine seeds produce the plant that climbs with tendrils and has square stems with deeply cut leaves The name of the plant is Balloon Vine because it produces small white flowers that eventually form the large, ornamental, balloonshaped seed pods The seed pods change their color from green to somewhat red as the plant maturesBalloon vine, also called Heartpea, or Heartseed, (species Cardiospermum halicacabum), woody perennial vine in the soapberry family (Sapindaceae) that is native to subtropical and tropical America It is naturalized and cultivated widely as an ornamental for its white flowers and its nearly...