Ceropegia mahabalei

Ceropegia mahabalei Hemadri & Ansari, Indian Forester 97: 105 1971.;
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Herbs, tuberous, erect, 25 cm;stems terete, hairy. Leaves subseasile, linear, hairy above , acute, Flowers solitary; peduncles, pedicels and calyx hairy; corolla 5.5-10.0 cm, base largely inflated, narrowed in neck, enlarging towards mouth, glabrous inside , lobes hairy within, connate at tips;  Corona bisetiate, outer of 5 bidentate glabrous lobes, inner linear, erect​​​.
Local name – Gauti Kharpudi मराठी – गवती खरपुडी 
Habitat – Open hill slopes among grasses at high altitude of 975 Meters.
Distribution – Ralegoen hills of Junnar (Type locality), Nashik and Kasara hills.
Fl. & Fr – August to November.

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Plz Identi fy the Ceropegia sps from Maharashtra: 2 images.

Ceropegia mahabalei Hemadri & Ansari

 

 

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References:
The Plant List Ver.1.1  IPNI  Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  theceropegiablog  1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants By Kerry Scott Walter, Harriet J. Gillett, World Conservation Monitoring Centre 

Ceropegia mahabalei Hemadri et Ansari-a New Species of Asclepiada- Ceae from Sahyadri Range, Western Ghats (Maharashtra State) by Koppula Hemadri , M. Y. Ansari (Clropegia mahabalei Hemadri et Ansari a new Asclepiad from Junnarghats of Sahyadri ranges, Western ghats (Maharashtra State), is described and illustrated.)