Ceropegia pullaiahii Raja Kullayisw., Sandhyar. & Karupp.

 
  • 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) : Not found in The Plant List
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bodanimmatagadda (Telugu)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : Found only from its type locality in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh State at an altitude of 714 m on steep exposed slopes of open dry deciduous forest.
  • Key identification features : Slender twining herb of about 2 m long, glabrous. Inflorescence in 2-3 flowered cymes, pedicel glabrous. Flowers up to 8.5 cm long, lower inflated part of corolla tube distinctly dilated and forming a globose structure at base.
  • Flower, Fruit : June-December
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
  • Collection Date : 01/02/2016
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-0360
  • Collection Locality : Tropical dry deciduous forests, merged with Cymbopogon grass
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Eastern Ghats (Andhra Pradesh)
  • World Distribution : India
  • Literature :
    • Nordic J. Bot. 31(2): 166. 2012 [7 Nov 2012]
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ceropegia pullaiahii. Downloaded on 8 October 2024.

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