Madeira Vine
Anredera cordifolia
Pickup available at Aiken Nursery
Usually ready in 2-4 days
Madeira vine is a fast, twining, deciduous climber with fleshy, heart-shaped leaves and sprays of tiny, fragrant cream-white flowers in late summer and fall. Anredera cordifolia climbs by winding tuberous stems, and a warty crop of aerial tubers along the stems, some as large as a small potato, is the surest mark of the plant and a ready means of increase.
Native to South America despite the name, Madeira vine has been grown for centuries across warm regions, both as an ornamental and as a leaf-and-tuber vegetable, the leaves and tubers being edible. The vine is vigorous, and in some warm regions, notably parts of Australia, has naturalized aggressively enough to be treated as a weed; in the southern United States, as far as we know, the plant has not caused that kind of trouble. Where winters turn cold, give a deep mulch to carry the roots through.
Across Southeast and East Asia the same vine is the famous binahong, long valued in folk medicine, above all for healing wounds. Grown here for the fragrant flowers and lush, fast cover on a trellis, an arbor, or a fence, where the sweet scent and quick screen earn a place.
Photos courtesy of Forest and Kim Starr.
- Hardiness
- USDA Zones 7–9
- Sun
- Full Sun, Part Shade
- Soil
- Well-drained
- Mature size
- Height 10–20 Feet · Spread 6–10 Feet
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Seasonality
- Deciduous
Sprays of tiny fragrant cream-white flowers in late summer and fall
References & research
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is shared for traditional and educational interest only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Please consult a qualified healthcare professional before any medicinal use.
- Traditional folk use only; not evaluated as a modern medicine
- Consult a healthcare professional before any medicinal use
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