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Ceropegia elegans
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Ceropegia elegans Wall. in Curtis, Bot. Mag. 57: t. 3015. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 68. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 857(602). 1923; M.Y. Ansari, Fasc. Fl. Ind. 16: 14. 1984; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 257. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 282. 1988; Bruyns, Rheedea 7: 111. 1997; 30; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 193. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 100. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 448. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 529. 2009.
Ceropegia mysorensis Wight, Ic. t. 846. 1844-1845; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 69. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 857(602). 1923.
Ceropegia walkeriae Wight, Ic. t. 1266. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 69. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 857(602). 1923.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kammanamkizhangu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Twiners. Leaves to 4 x 3 cm, ovate, lanceolate, apex acute, base slightly cordate, membranous; petiole 1.5 cm. Cymes axillary; peduncles 1.5 cm; pedicels 1 cm; calyx 2 mm. Linear; corolla base bulbous, mouth broadly widened, tube, 1.8 cm long, curved, lobes 5, 1 x 0.6 cm, triangular, ovate, obtusely apiculate; outer corona lobes 5, deeply 2-fid, 2 mm; inner lobes 5, 2 mm, linear.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-December
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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:
700-1600
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Localities:
Kombakkayam, Chandanathode, Muthappanpuzha, Bonaccord, Agasthymala peak
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