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Ceropegia intermedia
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Ceropegia intermedia Wight, Ic. t. 1263. 1848 emend. Huber, Mem. Soc. Bro. 12: 61. t. 2. f. 26. 1957; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 71. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 858(603). 1923; M.Y. Ansari, Fasc. Fl. Ind. 16: 17. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 177. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 287. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 248. 1998.
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Description:
Glabrous twiners. Leaves to 10 x 2 cm, lanceolate, acute to acuminate, base rounded or acute; nerves 3 or 4 pairs; petiole 1-1.7 cm long. Flowers purple, to 3 x 1 cm, few to many together, in axillary racemes; pedicels 15 mm long; sepals 4 x 0.6 mm, linear; corolla tube 2 cm long, prominently dialated at base, narrow above; lobes 10 x 3 mm, ovate, pubescent inside; gynostegium 4 x 0.9 mm; outer corona shallowly lobed, lobes blunt; inner corona lobes spathulate, connate above.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests and scrub jungles
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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):
Green, Violet
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vellimala, Aruvanpara, Campshed area, Anavayee forests
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