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Ceropegia candelabrum ssp. candelabrum
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation:
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nagathunba, Nota-nodhen-valli, Kammanamkizhangu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Twiners. Leaves 4-7 x 3-5 cm, linear-elliptic to ovate-orbicular, apex obtuse to apiculate, base acute or rounded, nerves 3 pairs, reticulate; petiole to 1.5 cm long. Cymes few to many flowered; peduncles longer than the petiole; pedicels 11 mm long; sepals 3 x 0.5 mm, lanceolate; corolla 26 mm long, tube slightly inflated below, greenish-white with purple streaks, hispid, lobes 6 x3 mm, yellow, hairy within, beak purplish; outer corona 3 x 1.5 mm, of 5 entire or truncate hairy lobes; inner corona erect, linear-spathulate, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-November
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and scrub jungles, 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):
Violet, Yellow, White
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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:
Peechi, Kattalappara, Karimutty, Thekkady, Vellimala, Parambikulam, Kannimara, Ezhimala, Thadikkundu, Pathenthode, Mannarappara, Taliparamba, Olavakkot, Veli, Ampumala
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