Cadaba fruticosa

Cadaba fruticosa is a species of plant in the family Capparaceae.

Cadaba fruticosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Capparaceae
Genus: Cadaba
Species:
C. fruticosa
Binomial name
Cadaba fruticosa
Synonyms

Cleome fruticosa L.

It is endemic on Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Indo-China: Myanmar.

Its habitat includes the dry parts of the Gangetic plain, down through the Vindhya range, to Deccan thorn scrub forests South India. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is known from Pakistan and Bangladesh to the Gangetic plains, south to Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Telangana. It is found in Rayalaseema, central and eastern parts of Karnataka and south to Tamil Nadu, west to rainshadow regions around Palakkad and Punalur.

In Tamil Nadu, Cadaba fruticosa is known as '"vizhuthi"(Tamil: விழுதி (viļuti)) and used in Siddha medicine for more than 2000 years. The juice of the leaves is especially used to cure gonorrhoea (Tamil: வெண்மேகம் (věṇmēkam)).

References
    • The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka (PDF). Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Ministry of Environment. 2012. pp. 1–476. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
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