Ceropegia macrantha Wight

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ceropegia raizadiana Babu
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ceropegia macrantha Wight
  • Common name : Large-Flowered Ceropegia
  • Habit : Climbing herb
  • Habitat : Climber over shrubs in subtropical forests; 300 - 2300 m. altitude
  • Key identification features : Corolla lobes long and slender, usually about as long as tube; tube somewhat pilose outside
  • Flower, Fruit : June-September
  • Distribution :
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to Bangladesh
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 173
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 731
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia macrantha. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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