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Ceropegia juncea
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Ceropegia juncea Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 10. 1795; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 68. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 856(602). 1923; M.Y. Ansari, Fasc. Fl. Ind. 16: 18. 1984; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 193. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Valakody
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Leafless twiners, sap watery, stem striated. Cymes axillary; peduncles 1 cm; pedicels 1 cm long. calyx 5-lobed, 5 x 1 mm, lanceolate; corolla basally inflated, curved, tube 2.5 cm long, widened at mouth, lobes 5, 3 cm long, fused at apex, inside with brown hairs; outer corona 5, with 2-fid lobes, 3 mm; inner of 5 subulate lobes; pollinia erect, pellucid along margins; ovaries 2 mm, stigma truncate. Follicles paired, 20 x 1 cm, linear-lanceolate, hooked at apex.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
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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, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Churullipetty, Alampetty
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