Balli Kaare / Climbing Randia
Randia rugulosa
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- February-September
How to identify Balli Kaare
Identify Balli Kaare by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Balli Kaare.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Balli Kaare itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Balli Kaare itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಬಳ್ಳಿ ಕಾರೆ Balli Kaare
- Konkani
- वेल गेळा Vel Gela
- Malayalam
- വള്ളിക്കാര Vallikkaara
- Marathi
- वेल गेळा Vel Gela
- Tamil
- கொடிக்காரை Kodi Karai
About Balli Kaare
Climbing Randia (Randia rugulosa) is a woody climber in the Rubiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to September.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Balli Kaare belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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