IUCN Status
: Endangered
Author: Neetu Kumari
Hi! Neetu this side, I'm a keen observer of the nature around me since my childhood and I always wanted to share the beauty of the mother nature with others too, so, I'm here to share my observations about plants.
- Bulbous Ceropegia, खङूलो(Kharoolo), खेडुला, हेड़ूला in Rajasthan
- Apocynaceae
- Ceropegia acuminata Roxb., Ceropegia tuberosa Dalz. & Gibson
- Khetri
- Cultivated
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Tuber globose. Stem trailing or twining, usually glabrous. Leaves orbicular, ovate, lanceolate to linear, 3-6 cm long, slightly cordate, fleshy, glabrous, subsessile to petiolate. Cymes pedunculate, 3-5 flowered arising between the petioles, peduncle 1.2-2.6 cm long. Pedicels 3-7 mm long. Sepals 2-2.5 mm long, lanceolate, acute. Corolla 1.2-2.5 cm long, whitish green, purple striate, lobes deep purple, 44.5 mm long, narrow, pilose. Outer corona lobes rounded to shortly acute, inner lobes linear, c. 2 mm long. Follicles 10 x 0.4-0.5 cm, taper towards apex, glabrous. Seeds 8-9 mm long, flattened, ovate-oblong, margin broad, membranous, coma 2.5-3.8 cm long.
Fl.Per.: July-August.
IUCN status: VU
Source: Foi, efoi,powo,wfo,ibp, iNat.
ID by: Sonu Kumar -
1000035636
