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Ceropegia hirsuta
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. 30. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 7. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 562(604). 1922; M.Y. Ansari, Fasc. Fl. Ind. 16: 16. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 177. 1988; Bruyns, Rheedea 7: 113. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 248. 1998.
Ceropegia ophiocephala Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew. Gard. Misc. 2: 259. 1850.
Ceropegia hirsuta var. stenophylla Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 71. 1983; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 859(604). 1923.
Ceropegia hispida Blatt. & McCann, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 35: 409. 1931.
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Description:
Hirsute twiner. Leaves to 12 x 1 cm, linear, acuminate, base acute, pubescent; petiole to 5 mm long. Flowers purple, 3-10 together, 3 cm long; peduncle 5mm long, stout; pedicels 12 mm long; calyx lobes 8 mm long, linear, ciliate; corolla dark purplish brown, tube 2.5 cm long, dialated at base, cylindric, broaden above, hairy inside, lobes 6 mm long, ovate, acute, hairy within; outer corona 5 mm across, lobes deltoid, bifid, densely ciliate, inner corona linear, erect, 2.5 mm long, hooked at tips, villous at base.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-September
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India
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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):
Yellow, Purple, 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:
Kottamala, Nilikkal
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