Wagati / Orange Brasiletto Climber
Moullava spicata
Also known as Candy Corn Plant
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- October-March
How to identify Wagati
Identify Wagati by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf type: Bipinnately compound.
- Confirm leaf shape: Oblong.
- Confirm flower colour: Orange.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Raceme.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Moullava spicata
- Genus
- Moullava
- Family
- Caesalpiniaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, in open areas
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf type
- Bipinnately compoundrecordedThe leaf is divided twice — each 'leaflet' is itself a row of smaller leaflets, giving a fine, fern-like look.“Leaves - compound, bipinnate, 23–30 cm long with 4 to 6 pairs of pinnae, each 7.5 to 12 cm long, and having 5 to 7 pairs of oblong, coriaceous and dark-green leaflets on each pinna” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OblongrecordedLonger than wide with roughly parallel sides, the ends rounded.“Leaves - compound, bipinnate, 23–30 cm long with 4 to 6 pairs of pinnae, each 7.5 to 12 cm long, and having 5 to 7 pairs of oblong, coriaceous and dark-green leaflets on each pinna” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Wagati itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
- Flower arrangement
- RacemerecordedIndividual stalked flowers arranged along a central stem, opening from bottom to top.“Flowers - sessile in dense spicate racemes reaching 60 cm long;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- LegumerecordedA dry pod that splits open along two seams (typical of the pea/bean family).“Fruit - a linear oblong pod, swollen above the seeds and constricted between them.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Legume
Characters marked “recorded” are for Wagati itself; the rest are typical of the Caesalpiniaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- Okkadikkodi, Pulinakkagondai
- Malayalam
- കാട്ടുകഴഞ്ചി, Moullava spicata
- Marathi
- Wagati वागाटी, Wakeri वाकेरी, वाकेरी
About Wagati
Orange brasiletto climber (Moullava spicata) belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family, where it grows as a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 2 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests, in open areas. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Caesalpiniaceae
Senna family
Wagati belongs to the Caesalpiniaceae family.
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