✿Asclepiadaceae · Caralluma
Hucchu Bangte / Umbelled Caralluma
Caralluma umbellata
Herboutdoor
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- March-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Caralluma umbellata
- Genus
- Caralluma
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Scrub jungle
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Absent (leafless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hucchu Bangte 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 Hucchu Bangte itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- hucchu bangte, molanakodu
- Tamil
- Kallimulaiyaam, eluman, elumanpuli
- Telugu
- kundelu kommulu, kundetikommulu, kundina kommulu
About Hucchu Bangte
Umbelled Caralluma (Caralluma umbellata) is a herb in the Asclepiadaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in scrub jungle. Flowering and fruiting run from March to October.
Botanical family
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Hucchu Bangte belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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