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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 publisher.
Appropriate acknowledgement
of the publication Common Weeds of New Zealand must always
be given.
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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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