Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.
Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.
Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.
Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.
Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.
MC049 : Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn.
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Ceropegia hirsuta var. jacquemontiana (Decne.) Hook.f.;
Ceropegia hirsuta var. ophiocephala (Dalzell) Hook.f.;
Ceropegia hirsuta var. stenophylla Hook.f.;
Ceropegia hispida Blatt. & McCann;
Ceropegia jacquemontiana Decne.;
Ceropegia ophiocephala Dalzell; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Hamana; |
| Plant Family | : | Asclepiadaceae |
| Description | : | Trailing herbs. Flowers yellowish green with brown spots on the tube. Hairy Ceropegia is an upright or climbing plant with a subterranean tuber. The 6.5 cm long and 3 cm broad, elliptic to ovate leaves are covered with hair on both sides. Leaf stalk is about 2 cm long, hairy. The 5 cm long flowers of this species are very showy, the lower part is slightly swollen. The flower-tube is light beige coloured and mottled olive-brown or purple upwards. The petals are very broad and yellowish or apple-green coloured. In India the tubers of Hairy Ceropegia are eaten as a vegetable. Flowering: August-September. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Umarkhed Forest |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
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| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed family |
| Genus | : Ceropegia |
| Species | : Ceropegia hirsuta Wight & Arn. |