Common name: Madeira Vine, Lamb's Tail, Jalap, Potato Vine
Anredera cordifolia (Ten.) Steenis APNI* 
Description: Climber with stems to c. 20 m long; producing tubers on roots and at nodes on aerial stems; stems usually herbaceous with aerial tubers 1–3 cm long, sometimes stems woody and aerial tubers to c. 25 cm diam.
Leaves ovate, 3–15 cm long, 2–10 cm wide, cordate at base, ± fleshy; petiole 5–15 mm long.
Racemes 6–30 cm long, drooping. Flowers c. 6 mm diam., fragrant, white.
Seed not set in Aust., plants propagate vegetatively by tubers.
Flowering: spring and summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Widely naturalized in coastal districts, an invasive weed on margins of rainforest, and near old settlements, mainly in moist situations. Native of S Amer.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, ?ST, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *NWP, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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