Cadaba

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Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce

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Cadaba trifoliata Wight & Arn. -

In Maharashtra (BSI Flora) mentions only 2 sp. of Cadaba. C. fruticosa and C. linearifolia. They have 4 and 5 stamens respectively.

Your plant shows 8 distinct stamens. Another diff. is your plant is said to be large shrub of 2-3 m. C.fruticosa is a small shrub whereas C. linearifolia is again a 3-5 m small tree.

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From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :

Binomial

Habit

Notes

References

Distribution

Common name

Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce	Straggling Shrub	Plains to Dry Deciduous Forests	Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983	All districts	Kaatagathi, Vizhudhi
Cadaba trifoliata (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.	Shrub	Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests	Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983	Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Dharmapuri, Kanniyakumari, Madurai, Namakkal, Puddukkottai, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar	Vizhudhi

FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/ herbarium, distribution, local names etc. :

Cadaba farinosa FORSK. Cadaba fruticosa (L.) DRUCE
Cadaba indica LAM. (syn. of Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce) Cadaba trifoliata WIGHT & ARN.

Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 31.1.14:

Botanical name

Synonyms

Family

Common name

Cadaba fruticosa

Cleome fruticosa

Capparaceae

Indian Cadaba

Species with description & keys in Flora of Pakistan :

Cadaba farinosa Forssk.

Cadaba heterotricha Stocks ex Hooker (syn. of Cadaba linearifolia (J.Graham) M.R.Almeida)

Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah, D. Muralidhara Rao, K. Sri Ramamurthy (Description) & Keys- Cadaba fruticosa &

Cadaba trifoliata

Capparaceae and Cleomaceae Fortnight: September 1 to 14 2013: Here is list plants of both these families reported from India.
Members are requested to suggest any addition or deletion please.
Cadaba fruiticosa
Cadaba heterotricha Stocks (syn. of Cadaba linearifolia (J.Graham) M.R.Almeida )

Cadaba linearifolia (Grah.) Almeida
Cadaba trifoliata Wight & Arn.

An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995)- Details with keys-

Cadaba fruticosa

Cadaba trifoliata

Flora of Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India (2000)- Details-

Cadaba fruticosa

Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004)- Details-

Cadaba fruticosa

Cadaba : 1 post by 1 author.

I have updated eFI (efloraofindia) page on Cadaba

Attempts have been made to incorporate most of the species available in India & nearby areas with details & keys directly or through links as far as possible. It’s quite possible that there may be some discrepancy in the accepted names & synonyms taken from other links.

Species discussed so far in efloraofindia are given at the bottom of the page in the form of links against Subpages. On clicking them one can see all the details.

Any comments/ corrections are welcome.

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