Vizhudhi / Three-Leaf Cadaba
Cadaba trifoliata
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- February-November
How to identify Vizhudhi
Identify Vizhudhi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Trifoliate (three leaflets).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Capparaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Vizhudhi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cadaba trifoliata
- Genus
- Cadaba
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous and dry Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Trifoliate (three leaflets)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Vizhudhi itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Vizhudhi itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Vizhudhi, manudukkurundu, purna
- Kannada
- Balaya
About Vizhudhi
A member of the Capparaceae family, Three-Leaf Cadaba (Cadaba trifoliata) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in deciduous and dry Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to November.
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Vizhudhi belongs to the Capparaceae family.
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