- Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
(MILKWEED FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Apocynaceae
- Species : Ceropegia spiralis
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ceropegia spiralis Wight
- Vernacular name : Amruthaanjanagadde (Kan.)
- Endemism : South India
- Key identification features : Slender erect herbs, root tuberous, stem glabrous. Leaves chartaceous, linear, glabrous, apex and base acute, margin entire. Flowers solitary, axillary; corolla 4-5 cm long, tube sub-cylindric, hairy within above from orbicular base with corolla lobes five, spirally twisted, glandular hairy; corona biseriate, outer bifid, deltoid lobes. Follices very slender, about 12.5 cm long. Seeds comose.
- Habit : Herb
- Flower, Fruit : August-November
- Native : India
- Comments : Rare, in the hills of southern Eastern Ghats at about 800-1000 m.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Dharmapuri district (Tamil Nadu State); Tirumala Hills, Talakona Hills (Chittoor district), Palakonda Hills (Ananthapur district), Kadapa district, North Dhone RF (Kurnool district) (Andhra Pradesh State)
- World Distribution : India
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia spiralis. Downloaded on 30 June 2024.
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