Bokkal / Bicolor Caralluma
Caralluma bicolor
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- August-October
How to identify Bokkal
Identify Bokkal 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: Two-toned flowers.
- Confirm leaf shape: Absent (leafless).
- Confirm flower colour: Maroon/dark purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-October.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Bokkal.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Caralluma bicolor
- Genus
- Caralluma
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-October
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Absent (leafless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bokkal 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 Bokkal itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ബൊക്കല് Bokkal
About Bokkal
Bicolor Caralluma (Caralluma bicolor) is a herb in the Asclepiadaceae family. It grows in scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from August to October.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Bokkal belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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