Fabaceae
Corkscrew vine
Cochliasanthus caracalla
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Cochliasanthus
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- قاصوليه كراكله, متسلقة الحلزون
- arz
- متسلقة الحلزون
- Basque
- Karakala babarrun
- Chinese
- 蜗牛藤, 蝸牛藤
- English
- Corkscrew vine, Snailflower
- French
- Haricot caracolle
- Japanese
- コークスクリューバイン, スネールフラワー
- Portuguese
- Caracallae
- Turkish
- Selluka, İzmir Sarmaşığı
Synonyms
- Caracalla pulcherrima Tod.
- Phaseolus bertoni f. albus Franceschi ex Bertoni
- Phaseolus bertonii Franceschi ex Bertoni
- Phaseolus caracalla L.
- Phaseolus caracalla var. brachystachys Hassl.
- Phaseolus caracallensis St.-Lag.
- Phaseolus cochleatus Vell.
- Phaseolus cytisoides Zoll. & Moritzi
- Phaseolus indicus Triumf. ex Cassone
- Phaseolus longirostratus Ducke
- Vigna caracalla (L.) Verdc.
Flowers
- In flower
- February (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Gonzalo Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Teclasorg, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fede y Vani, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: William G. Borges, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Steven Matute Obando, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Silvia Nora, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Carlos Dario Gogniat, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Leonel Roget, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: NINA WENÓLI, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: bruno_san1409, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.