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 An Illustrated Guide to
Common Weeds
of New Zealand
Anredera
cordifolia
Madeira
vine
Family
BASELLACEAE
Reproduced from
Common Weeds of New Zealand
by Ian Popay, Paul Champion & Trevor James
ISBN 0 473 09760 5
by kind permission of the
New Zealand
Plant Protection Society
Publication or other use of images or
descriptive text on these pages is unauthorised unless
written permission is obtained from the authors and
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Appropriate acknowledgement of the publication Common
Weeds of New Zealand must always be given.
Rhizomatous,
twining, smothering perennial vine with 3-7 m long
stems.
- Flowers
White, fragrant, numerous, tube-shaped, in
simple or two- to four-branched, hanging racemes about
18 cm long. Flowers Jan-Apr.
- Fruit
Not formed in New Zealand.
- Leaves
Almost stalkless, 2-11 cm long by 1.75-10
cm wide, broadly ovate in outline, margins often
turned inwards. Leaves slightly succulent, shining,
with heart-shaped base and blunt apex.
- Stems
Climbing, slender, often reddish, bearing
small tubers in axils.
- Roots
Rhizomes.
Habitat
Gardens,
hedges, waste land, scrubland and coastal gullies.
Distribution
Occasional in
NI from North Auckland, south to Hawkes Bay and the
Manawatu. On Port Hills near Christchurch in SI, and
the Kermadecs. Originally from tropical South America.
Comments
Spreads by
pieces of rhizome and stem tubers. Listed on the National
Pest Plant Accord (see Introduction for
details).
Derivation
of name
Anredera
(derivation unknown); cordifolia (Lat.) =
with heart-shaped leaves.
Web-notes:
Weed Links
On this site
Reproduced from Common Weeds
of New Zealand:
External Links
 Weedbusters
New Zealand
- Weedbusters is a weeds awareness and education programme that aims to
protect New Zealand's environment from the increasing weed problem.
- AgPest
- A free tool to assist farmers and agricultural professionals in decision-making regarding weed and pest identification, biology, impact and management.
 New Zealand Weeds Key
- An interactive identification key to the weeds of New Zealand. Developed at Landcare Research.
New
Zealand Plant Conservation Network naturalised plants
- Search for information on more than 2500 naturalised and weedy plants.
 New
Zealand Plant Protection Society
- Their main objective: "To pool and exchange information on the biology
of weeds, invertebrate and vertebrate pests, pathogens and beneficial organisms
and methods for modifying their effects."
-
 Massey
University Weeds Database- A site providing information about New Zealand weeds and weed control.
It has a series of pages showing pictures of New Zealand weeds, notes on
identification and control. It also provides information on a university
paper entitled Controlling Weeds.
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