Anredera cordifolia seed
LATIN NAME: Anredera cordifolia
COMMON NAME: Madeira Vine
The Madeira vine twines up the fences and the trellises with the slender, green stems and the heart-shaped leaves, and the whole climber carries the fine, leafy, quick cover of the warm garden. The vigorous, twining, evergreen climber carries the slender, green, jointed stems with the broad, heart-shaped, glossy, bright-green leaves and the long, slender, drooping racemes of the many small, fragrant, greenish-white flowers through the warm season, one of the fine, quiet sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, round, black fruits, while the small, aerial bulbils form along the stems. The young shoots have a very long record as the fine, fresh greens of the warm tables, and the climber is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden, best kept to the places where the spread is welcome. It is a climber of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Madeira vine is a historic subject of the plant science, and the aerial bulbils keep showing up in the work on the twining climbers. The way the small, aerial bulbils form along the slender, green, jointed stems has been examined closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the twining climbers, the heart-shaped leaves and the members of the basellaceae family. The jointed stems and the quick habit have also made it a fine study climber, and the Madeira vine is a regular subject of the work on the aerial bulbils of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The Madeira vine is a fine, quiet climber of the warm garden and the study collection. The broad, heart-shaped, glossy, bright-green leaves cover the fences and the trellises with the fine, leafy, quick growth, one of the fine, quiet sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, and the young shoots have a very long record as the fine, fresh greens of the warm tables, the tender shoots coming to the stir-fries and the warm plates of the old kitchens, while the long, slender, drooping racemes of the many small, fragrant, greenish-white flowers open through the warm season, to be followed by the small, round, black fruits, best kept to the places where the spread is welcome. It is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the fence and the study collection, and it has been written up in the culinary and the botanical papers for the fresh shoots and the very long history. It is a fine, quiet climber of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.
The madeira seeds start easily in a sandy loam in a warm corner. Give the young climbers a fence or a trellis to climb, and keep the ground rich and moist through the first season, then water less as the root system settles.
To grow the Madeira vine from seed, sow the small, black seeds thinly over the surface of the pot of rich, sandy soil, without covering them, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out against the fence. The seedlings thread up within a couple of weeks and grow on fast. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground, the leafy cover will rise over the warm months.
Name: MADEIRA VINE
Size tubers: medium / small
for growing outdoors and in containers
use for food and planting