Kondala / Hondala
Adenia hondala
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- March-October
How to identify Kondala
Identify Kondala by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Lobed.
- Confirm flower colour: Greenish.
- Confirm fruit type: Capsule.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Goa.
- Confirm it sits within the Passifloraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kondala.
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
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- LobedrecordedThe edge is divided into rounded or pointed sections that don't reach the midrib.“The leaves are large and are deeply, palmately divided into three to five lobes;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kondala itself; the rest are typical of the Passifloraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Greenishrecorded
- Fruit type
- CapsulerecordedA dry fruit from a fused ovary that splits open at maturity to release seeds.“The fruit is a capsule splitting into three valves with stiff rind and filled with seeds surrounded by fleshy white arils.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kondala itself; the rest are typical of the Passifloraceae family — flowering plants only.
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) belongs to the Passifloraceae family, where it grows as a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 1 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to October.
Uses
It is grown for parts that are eaten and long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice. Parts of this plant are reported as poisonous — treat it as unsafe to eat and wash your hands after handling.
Passifloraceae
Passionflower family
Kondala belongs to the Passifloraceae family.
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