Halluka / Candlestick Ceropegia
Ceropegia candelabrum var. candelabrum
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- July-March
How to identify Halluka
Identify Halluka by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Candelabra-shaped branched flower clusters.
- Confirm leaf shape: Broad oval.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Halluka.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ceropegia candelabrum var. candelabrum
- Genus
- Ceropegia
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Open deciduous and scrub forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Halluka itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellow-greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Halluka itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Telugu
- బక్కలిమండ bakkalimanda, పుల్లమండ pullamanda
- Kannada
- ಹಲ್ಲುಕ halluka, ನಾಗತುಂಬೆ nagathumbe
- Malayalam
- നാഗത്തുമ്പ nagathumba, ഞൊട്ടാഞോടൻവള്ളി njotanjodanvalli, കമ്മനംകിഴങ്ങ് kammanamkizhangu
About Halluka
A member of the Asclepiadaceae family, Candlestick Ceropegia (Ceropegia candelabrum var. candelabrum) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and 2 other states. It grows in open deciduous and scrub forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to March.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Halluka belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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