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Ceropegia bulbosa var. lushii
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Ceropegia bulbosa Roxb. var. lushii (Graham) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 68. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 857(602). 1923; M.Y. Ansari, Fasc. Fl. Ind. 16: 11. 1984; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 193. 2002.
Ceropegia lushii Graham, Bot. Mag. t.3300. 1834.
Ceropegia acuminata Roxb., Pl. Corom. 1: 12, t. 8. 1795; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 70. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 858(603). 1923.
Ceropegia tuberosa Dalz. & Gibs., Bombay Fl. 154. 1861.
Ceropegia bulbosa Roxb. var. esculenta (Edgew.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 68. 1883.
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Description:
Twiners. Leaves 6-8 x 7-1.3 cm, linear-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base acute; petiole to 1 cm. Cymes axillary, umbellate; peduncle to 1.5 cm; bracts 3 mm, linear; pedicel 5 mm; calyx 5-lobed, to 5 mm, beaked, dark purple, tube yellow with dark blotches; pollinia 3, obovoid-circular, caudicle minute, receptacle small; outer corolla ca 1mm, cupular, membranous, inner corona 5, ca 2 mm, spathulate, connivent.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-October
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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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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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Parambikulam
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