Hucchu Bangte / Umbelled Caralluma
Caralluma umbellata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- March-October
How to identify Hucchu Bangte
Identify Hucchu Bangte 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: Flowers in umbrella-like clusters.
- Confirm leaf shape: Absent (leafless).
- Confirm flower colour: Maroon/dark purple.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hucchu Bangte.
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.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Hucchu Bangte belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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