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Ceropegia candelabrum ssp. tuberosa
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Ceropegia candelabrum L. ssp. tuberosa (Roxb.) H. Huber in Dassan. & Fosberg, Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 4: 120. 1983.
Ceropegia tuberosa Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 9. 1795; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 70. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 857(603). 1923; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 287. 1990.
Ceropegia candelabrum L. var. biflora (L.) M.Y. Ansari, Fasc. Fl. Ind. 16: 12. 1984; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 192. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 316. 2005.
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Description:
Twiners. Leaves to 6.5 x 3.5, slightly obovate or oblong, apex obtuse, mucronate, membranous; petiole 1.5 cm. Cymes axillary, few flowered; peduncles 3 cm long; calyx 3 mm, linear, subulate; corolla bulbous at base, prominently veined, 3 cm, straight, lobes 5, 2 cm long, folded, fused to form beak, hairy, outer corona lobes 0.3 mm, 2-lobed, inner 2 mm, subulate. Follicles paired, 15 x 0.3 cm, terete, long beaked.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Green, Yellow
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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:
Alampetty, Moozhiar, Karivara slopes
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