• Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
  (Milkweed Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata (Wight) Gravely & Mayur.
• Vernacular name : Kallimulaiyaan (Tamil); Kundeti kommulu, Sanna Kundeti kommulu (Telugu)
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Scrub jungles
• Comments / notes : On plains and lower slopes to 450m.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
• Collection Date : 10/04/2009
• Collection Nos : FAP 36908
• Collection Locality : Thummalapalle mining area, Kadapa district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Srikakulam district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district
  • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Dharmapuri district, Vellore district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Caralluma adscendens var. attenuata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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