Corallocarpus epigaeus(Rottler) Hook.f.

WFO wfo-0000619910 Accepted WFO 2026-06 6 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–f · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Corallocarpus epigaeus, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. a Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-20 / obs. 91772542
Corallocarpus epigaeus, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. b Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91772557
Corallocarpus epigaeus, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. c Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91772569
Corallocarpus epigaeus, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. d Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91772580
Corallocarpus epigaeus, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. e Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91772589
Corallocarpus epigaeus, photographed by Siddarth Machado
fig. f Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 91772596

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Native range 21 botanical countries

Regions where Corallocarpus epigaeus is native: Burkina, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Assam, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Himalaya BurkinaDjiboutiDR CongoEritreaEthiopiaKenyaNigerNigeriaRwandaSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaOmanSaudi ArabiaAssamIndiaMyanmarPakistanSri LankaWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Corallocarpus epigaeus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Burkina BKN AFRICA
Djibouti DJI
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Kenya KEN
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Myanmar MYA
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL
West Himalaya WHM
Oman OMA ASIA-TEMPERATE
Saudi Arabia SAU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aechmandra epigaea Arn.
  • Bryonia epigaea Rottler
  • Bryonia sinuata Wall.
  • Coniandra corallina Fenzl ex Naudin
  • Corallocarpus bequaertii De Wild.
  • Corallocarpus corallinus (Naudin) Cogn.
  • Corallocarpus elegans Gilg
  • Corallocarpus fenzlii Hook.f.
  • Corallocarpus gracilipes (Naudin) Cogn.
  • Corallocarpus hildebrandtii Gilg
  • Corallocarpus palmatus Cogn.
  • Corallocarpus tavetensis Gilg
  • Rhynchocarpa corallina Naudin
  • Rhynchocarpa epigaea (Rottler) Naudin

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.