How to identify Shindal Makudi
Identify Shindal Makudi 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: Rare succulent endemic to the Western Ghats.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic.
- Confirm flower colour: Maroon/dark purple.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Shindal Makudi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Frerea indica
- Genus
- Frerea
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Conservation status
- Critically Endangered (CR)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“Boucerosia frerei is a fleshy perennial succulent with 50 cm (20 in) long branches that have elliptic-oblong leaves that are 7 cm (2.8 in) long.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Shindal Makudi 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 Shindal Makudi itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- शिंदळ माकडी Shindal Makudi, शिव सुमन Shiv Suman
About Shindal Makudi
Shiv Suman (Frerea indica) is a herb in the Asclepiadaceae family.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Shindal Makudi belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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