Vine family. Ampelidaceae.
"In shady places from the Colorado to the Rio Grande and westward. An ornamental vine known as "Yerba del buey." (Coulter). Hunter: along fences and edge of thickets; honey yield keeps bees out of mischief during dearth. Surplus where plentiful. April, to August.*
SOAPBERRY. WILD CHINA. Sapindus marginatus Willd.
Soapberry family. Sapindaceae.
"Common along creeks throughout Texas from Louisiana to New Mexico and Mexico. Smaller west of the Colorado river." (Coulter). Along rivers and creeks and sometimes along uplands; honey yield good, heavy flow in favorable seasons gives surplus. June.* Evergreen shrub, blooms in April; yields quantities of honey and pollen where enough bushes." (Milam, Uvalde).
COMMON BALLOON VINE. Cardiospermum Halicacabum L.
Soapberry family. Sapindaceae.
"Guadalupe to Rio Grande." (Coulter). "In thickets and waste places New Jersey, Missouri, Florida, Texas and tropical America; summer and fall." (Small). Hunter: in creek bottoms; honey yield fair but plants not abundant. April, July.*
MEXICAN BUCKEYE. Ungnadia speciosa Endl.
Soapberry family. Sapindaceae.