- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(Milkweed Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ceropegia candelabrum var. candelabrum
- Vernacular name :
- Bitharige (Kannada)
- Nimmatai, Langatai, Bachalimanda, Pullamanda, Manchimanda, Tiyyamanda (Telugu)
- Nagathunba, Nota-nodhen-valli, Kammanamkizhangu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Climber
- Habitat : Tropical dry evergreen forests, Tropical dry deciduous forests
- Comments / notes : Common on hills up to 1200m, in scrub jungles and all over dry deciduous forests
- Flower, Fruit : July-March
- Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy; Arun Singh, Raja K.Swamy
- Collection Date : 19-11-2014, 28-11-2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0193; HJCB-0246
- Collection Locality : Palamner forest, Chittoor district (AP); Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Prakasam district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Chittoor district, Srikakulam district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district
- Native : India, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia candelabrum var. candelabrum. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.
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