Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Cardiospermum corindum
huevo frito, faux persil, faux-persil, small balloon vine



Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Sapindales
Family
Sapindaceae
Genus
Cardiospermum
Species
corindum
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cardiospermum galapageium Rob. & Greenm., C. halicacabum var. angustisectum Griseb. (POWO, 2022), C. molle Kunth fide Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Missouri Botanical Garden (2010). In Itow (1997) as Cardiospemum corindium.
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
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- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Wiggins, I.L. Porter, D.M. (1971) Flora of the Galapagos Islands Standford University Press, Stanford.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Cardiospermum corindum", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=735. Accessed 31 October 2026.