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Ceropegia ensifolia
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Ceropegia ensifolia Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. ser. 3, 1: 52. 1864 & Ic. t. 173. 1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 75. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 859(604). 1923; M.Y. Ansari, Fasc. Fl. Ind. 16: 14. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 246. 1989; Bruyns, Rheedea 7(2):111.1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 425. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 248. 1998.
Ceropegia albiflora Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 75. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 859(604). 1923.
Ceropegia ciliata Wight ssp. ensifolia (Bedd.) Huber, Mem. Soc. Bro. 12: 69. t. 3. f. 36. 1957; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 286. 1990.
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Description:
Glabrous twiner; tuber 2.5 cm across, subglobose. Leaves to 10 x 0.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, base attenuate into a short petiole. Cymes 5-10 cm long, axillary, pubescent. Flowers green, few together; sepals 4 x 1 mm, lanceolate; corolla tube 1.5 cm long, slightly dialated below, narrow above; lobes 1.5 cm long, oblong, glabrous; outer corona 2 mm across, lobes deltoid, ciliate; inner corona spathulate, 1.5 mm long, ciliate towards base.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Palakkad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pachakkanam, Lock-hert gap, Damsite, Valiyaparathode, Karasurymala
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