EPPO Global Database

Cardiospermum grandiflorum(CRIGR)

Distribution details in South Africa

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/229) : introduced into South Africa. Found in KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and Limpopo Provinces.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/172) : impact on Leptocoris soapberry bugs
References
* United States Department of Agriculture Germplasm Resources Information Network (2012) Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?9013

* Gildenhuys E, Ellis A, Carroll S, Le Roux J (2013) The ecology, biogeography, history and future of two globally important weeds: Cardiospermum halicacabum Linn. and C. grandiflorum Sw. NeoBiota 19: 45-65. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.19.5279