Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata
Identify Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Angled succulent stems like a cactus.
- Confirm leaf shape: Absent (leafless).
- Confirm flower colour: Maroon/dark purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata
- Genus
- Caralluma
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Absent (leafless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Maroon/dark purplerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata
Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It grows in scrub jungles. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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