• Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
  (MILKWEED FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Apocynaceae
• Species : Caralluma adscendens
• Variety : attenuata
• Basionym : Caralluma attenuata Wight
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata (Wight) Gravely & Mayur.
• Vernacular name : Kallimulaiyaan (Tam.); Kundeti kommulu, Sanna Kundeti kommulu (Tel.)
• Collection Nos : FAP 36908
• Collector(s) Name : K.R.K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 10/04/09
• Collection Locality : Thummalapalle mining area, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh State
• Habitat : Scrub forest
• Habit : Herb
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Native : India
• Comments : On plains and lower slopes to 450 m.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Dharmapuri district, Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary, Panapakkam Forest (Vellore district, former North Arcot), Vandalur Forest (Kanchipuram district, former Chengalpattu district) (Tamil Nadu State); Anantapur district, Gani R.F. (Kurnool district), Palakonda Hills, Lankamalai R.F. (Kadapa district), Kambakkam Hills (Chittoor district), Raivada R.F. (Srikakulam district), East Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Ganjam district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata. Downloaded on 3 December 2024.

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Line Drawings