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Ceropegia bulbosa var. bulbosa
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Ceropegia bulbosa Roxb., Pl. Corom. 1: 11. t. 7. 1795, var. bulbosa; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 67. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 857(602). 1923.
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Description:
Twining fleshy herbs; branchlets wiry. Leaves opposite, 3-5 x 0.5-1 cm, linear-lanceolate to elliptic-obovate, chartaceous, base acute, apex acutely apiculate; petiole 0.5-1 cm. Peduncle to 1.5 cm; bracts linear, 3mm; pedicel to 0.5 cm. Calyx-lobes 5, linear-lanceolate, 4 mm, acuminate. Corolla dark purple; tube 2 cm; lobes 0.5 cm, glabrous, shortly beaked. Pollinia obovoid-circular, 0.3 mm; caudicle minute; receptacle 0.1 mm. Outer corona cupular, membranous, 0.7 mm; inner corona 5, linear-spathulate, 2 mm, connivent.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-September
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles
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Distribution:
India and Pakistan
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink, Purple
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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