✿Passifloraceae · Adenia
Kondala / Hondala
Adenia hondala
Liana
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- March-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Adenia hondala
- Genus
- Adenia
- Family
- Passifloraceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Goa
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-October
Local Names
- Tamil
- கரிமுதுக்கன்
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡು ತೊಂಡೆ kaadu tonde, ಕೆಮ್ಪು ಚೆಂಡು ಹಣ್ಣಿನ ಬಳ್ಳಿ kempu chendu hannina balli, ಕಾಡು ತೊಂಡೆ
- Malayalam
- കരിമുതുക്ക് karimutukk, മുതുക്ക് mutukk, കരിമുതുക്ക്
- Marathi
- कोंडळ kondala, नंदनभोपळी nandanbhopali, उंडळ undala
About Kondala
Hondala (Adenia hondala) is a liana belonging to the Passifloraceae family (Passionflower family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate simple/lobed leaves, solitary axillary flower clusters, berry fruit. It is typically found in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests. It occurs across India, Sri Lanka. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during March-October.
Botanical family
Passifloraceae
Passionflower family
Kondala belongs to the Passifloraceae family.
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