• Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
  (Milkweed Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
• Synonym(s) : Ceropegia candelabrum subsp. tuberosa (Roxb.) H.Huber; Ceropegia tuberosa Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ceropegia candelabrum L.
• Common name : Goglet flower
• Vernacular name : Pulla manda, Manchi manda (Telugu)
• Habit : Climber
• Comments / notes : Occasional in semi-evergreen to moist deciduous forests.
• Flower, Fruit : August-January
• Collection Nos : Stevens 773, CJS 14103
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district, Guntur district, Chittoor district,
  • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
  • Odisha : Khurda district, Gajapati district, Jagatsinghpur district, Puri district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Dharmapuri district, Villipuram district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Tiruvannamalai district, Vellore district, Dindigul district
• Native : India, Sri Lanka
• 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; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; 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=Ceropegia candelabrum var. biflora. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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