✿Asclepiadaceae · Caralluma
Bokkal / Bicolor Caralluma
Caralluma bicolor
Herboutdoor
- Habit
- Herb
- Flowering
- August-October
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.
Botanical family
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Bokkal belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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