• Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
  (MILKWEED FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Apocynaceae
• Species : Ceropegia candelabrum
• Variety : biflora
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ceropegia candelabrum L.
• Common name : Goglet flower
• Vernacular name : Pulla manda, Manchi manda (Tel.)
• Habit : Climber
• Flower, Fruit : August-January
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• Comments : Occasional in semi-evergreen to moist deciduous forests.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Parigam RF (Villupuram district), Kanchipuram district, Dharmapuri district, Alangayam RF (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot), Tippukadu RF (Vellore district, former North Arcot) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Addatigala forest (East Godavari district), Javapuram Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Guntur district, Nagalapuram Hills (Chittoor district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Khurda district, Parlakhemundi district (Gajapati district), Jagatsinghapur district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
• 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=Ceropegia candelabrum var. biflora. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.

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