Kada Khantudi / White Flattened Ceropegia
Ceropegia santapaui
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Flowering
- August-October
How to identify Kada Khantudi
Identify Kada Khantudi 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: Unusually flattened white flowers.
- Confirm leaf shape: Broad oval.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kada Khantudi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ceropegia santapaui
- Genus
- Ceropegia
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-October
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered (CR)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kada Khantudi itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kada Khantudi itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- काडा खान्तुडी Kada Khantudi
About Kada Khantudi
A member of the Asclepiadaceae family, White Flattened Ceropegia (Ceropegia santapaui) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra. Flowering and fruiting run from August to October.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Kada Khantudi belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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