- Family : CUCURBITACEAE
(Gourd Or Melon Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : CUCURBITACEAE
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottler) C.B.Clarke
- Vernacular name : Akashagaruda balli (Kannada); Akashakarudanki-zhangu, Agasakarudankodi (Tamil); Kilimukkankizhangu (Malayalam); Kakidonda (Telugu)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional in lower hill slopes to 800m, on thickets.
- Flower, Fruit : August-March
- Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 12/10/2010
- Collection Nos : FAP 39642
- Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Anantapur district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Kolar district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district
- World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Oman, Tropical Africa
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., 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=Corallocarpus epigaeus. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.
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