Akas-Gaddah / Redfruit Creeper
Corallocarpus epigaeus
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- August-March
How to identify Akas-Gaddah
Identify Akas-Gaddah 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.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Cucurbitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Akas-Gaddah.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Corallocarpus epigaeus
- Genus
- Corallocarpus
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan, Oman, Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Cucurbitaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Akas-Gaddah itself; the rest are typical of the Cucurbitaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- akas-gaddah, akasgaddah, kadawi nai
- Kannada
- aakhasha garuda, akashagarudagadde, akashgaruda-balli
- Malayalam
- kadamba, kollan-kova-kizhauna, kollankova
- Marathi
- Kadavinai
About Akas-Gaddah
Redfruit Creeper (Corallocarpus epigaeus) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 4 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to March.
Cucurbitaceae
Cucumber/Gourd family
Akas-Gaddah belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family.
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