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Ceropegia ciliata
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Ceropegia ciliata Wight, Ic. t. 1262. 1846; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 72. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 858(603). 1923; M.Y. Ansari, Fasc. Fl. Ind. 16: 13. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 176. 1988.
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Description:
Slender hispid twiners. Leaves opposite, up to 7.5 x 2 cm, hispid, linear-ovate or lanceolate. Inflorescence many-flowered umbelliform often branching cymes. Calyx 5-partite, with 5 glandular scales within, lobes narrow. Corolla slender, pale green outside, purplish within, the lobes dark green or lead-coloured, up to 2.5cm long, the base of the tube slightly inflated, the lobes joining in a short oblong head. Outer corona-lobes short ciliate, inner processes slender, hooked. Staminal-column short, included in the base of the tube; anthers short, erect, without appendages. Ovary of 2 carpels; style-apex truncate or shortly conical. Follicles short, slender; seeds usually oblong, margined, ending in a silky coma.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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