Ceropegia attenuata Hook.

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ceropegia attenuata Hook.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Rocky sea shores
  • Comments / notes : Rare, found growing on exposed rocky slopes among grasses
  • Flower, Fruit : July-November
  • Collection Nos : NI 231
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district, Pune district, Thane district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; T.M. Ramakrishna et al. 1995. The Asclepiadaceae and Periplocaceae of Karnataka.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia attenuata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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