Ceropegia intermedia Wight

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ceropegia intermedia Wight
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on hills up to 1200m. Tropical semi-evergreen forests and scrub jungles
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Collector(s) Name : M.C Lukose
  • Collection Locality : Moozhiyar- Kakki road, Pathanamthitta; Muthanga R.F.,Wynad dsitrict
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Wayanad district
    • Odisha : Cuttack district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, Theni district, Kanyakumari district, Namakkal district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
  • Native : India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • 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)
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia intermedia. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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