முடக்கத்தான்கீரை (Balloon Vine) in கீரைகள் (Greens)

The balloon vine, also known as Cardiospermum halicacabum or Mudakathan keerai, has many uses:

Food

The leaves and young shoots can be cooked and eaten as a vegetable. The dried fruit capsules can be used as an accent in floral arrangements.
Medicine
The plant is believed to have cooling and antiseptic properties and is used to treat a variety of conditions, including:

Fever, colds, and urinary tract infections: The plant is traditionally used to treat these conditions.

Skin eruptions and eczema: Pounded leaves can be used as an external wash.

Swellings and rheumatism: Pounded leaves can be used as a poultice.

Earaches: Leaf juice can be used to relieve earaches.

Cough and cold: The plant is widely used to treat these conditions.

Constipation and stomach pain: A decoction made by boiling the leaves in water or the powder form can be consumed to treat these conditions.
Other uses

The seed oil is reportedly effective as an insect repellent. The leaves can be coiled into wreaths.

The balloon vine is a herbaceous climber that is found in almost every continent and Oceania. It is strongly cyanogenic. In some places, it is considered a noxious weed and must be controlled or not sold.