Ceropegia ensifolia Bedd.

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ceropegia ciliata subsp. Ensifolia; Ceropegia albiflora Hook.f.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ceropegia ensifolia Bedd.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Grasslands, Tropical evergreen forests
  • Flower, Fruit : August-October
  • Collector(s) Name : Sunny Mathew
  • Collection Locality : Kurisumala, Kottayam District
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Theni district, Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work)
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia ensifolia. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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