Got some seeds from holiday in Madeira. Picked up a few along my travels from the ground, etc. The photos attached are of a climber. Can anybody identify it please? Previous posting some weeks ago of younger plant had no responses.

OK I have attached a photo of another view of the plant. Would love some ideas. It has taken off this past week. Must have grown about a foot. It is sending out tendrils but no sign of a flower.

Anybody got any ideas what the other seedlings are too? The longest leaf is only about 5 inches long and a couple of the seedlings have a second leaf. Longest leaf is about 4 inches long at present. The seeds were about the size of a 'petit poi' pea and were reddish brown and shiny. These seeds also came from Madeira.

The classification of plants is based on whether they can have sex which each other - in other words, largely on their floral parts. It really is difficult to identify things from leaves only, unless the leaves are very characteristic. I think you're going to have to wait until these get a little larger.

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Lintama;988301 Wrote:
Got some seeds from holiday in Madeira. Picked up a few along my travels
from the ground, etc. The photos attached are of a climber. Can anybody
identify it please? Previous posting some weeks ago of younger plant
had no responses.

OK I have attached a photo of another view of the plant. Would love some
ideas. It has taken off this past week. Must have grown about a foot. It
is sending out tendrils but no sign of a flower.

Anybody got any ideas what the other seedlings are too? The longest
leaf is only about 5 inches long and a couple of the seedlings have a
second leaf. Longest leaf is about 4 inches long at present. The seeds
were about the size of a 'petit poi' pea and were reddish brown and
shiny. These seeds also came from Madeira.


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I think the one with the compound leaves is Cardiospermum grandiflorum which
you see covering vacant uncultivated areas has papery seed capsules and not
very exciting flowers despite the name!


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Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
Holders of National Collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cvs
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Charlie, I think you got it right. I checked on various websites and the climber seems to be what you said it was. I do remember picking up a papery seed pod while out walking along one of Madeira's levadas. Thank you lots for identifying it. What a pity it's a weed though. I will wait for the flower to appear before deciding what to do with it but it looks like it will be a trip to the compost heap for it.