Ceropegia maccannii

Ceropegia lawii var. maccannii (Ansari) M.R.Almeida, Fl. Maharashtra 3A: 234 2001. (Syn: Ceropegia maccannii Ansari (Unresolved));
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seer-oh-PEEJ-ee-uh — from the Greek keros (wax) and pege (fountain) … Dave’s Botanary
muhk-KAN-ee-eye — named for Charles McCann, an eminent British-Indian naturalist, systematic botanist … compiled from the web
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commonly known as: yellow-head grey ceropegia • Marathi: पिवळी खरचुडी pivli kharchudi

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Along Western Ghats. Endemic 

Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Pune
(From India Biodiversity Portal (Ceropegia maccannii M.Y.Ansari)
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Ceropegia maccannii :: Sinhgad:
Ceropegia maccannii
An erect herb from Asclepiadaceae
3-4 feet tall. Sinhagad near Pune.
Flower size 3-5cm

And we die to see them! Thanks for this rare upload.


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Ceropegias : Attachments(4). 3 posts by 3 authors.
1 Ceropegia macanni– located along the jeepable road of Sinhgad, snapped on 15th August 10.
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Ceropegia Maccaannii: Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors.

Ceropegia Maccannii
Locagion – Sinhagad, Pune.
Date – 16-8-2013


Superb photograph and nice find..


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Ceropegia maccannii : Attachments (2). 5 posts by 5 authors.
Seen this Ceropegia herb at Sudhagad fort.

Bot. name: Ceropegia maccannii
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Local name: Pivli Kharchudi
Habitat: Wild, on exposed cliffs on mountains
Habit: Herb
Location: Sudhagad  Pali.

Great to know its occurrences in different parts of western ghats


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Ceropegia maccanni At sihangad : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 3 authors.
Ceropegia maccani 

Apocynaceae
16 August 2013
Sihangad, Pune, Maharashtra 

Very good capture …


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Names of Plants in India :: Ceropegia maccannii Ansari: 1 image.
Ceropegia maccannii Ansari

seer-oh-PEEJ-ee-uh — from the Greek keros (wax) and pege (fountain) … Dave’s Botanary
muhk-KAN-ee-eye — named for Charles McCann, an eminent British-Indian naturalist, systematic botanist … compiled from the web

commonly known as: yellow-head grey ceropegia • Marathi: पिवळी खरचुडी pivli kharchudi

known for / parts made use of: roots and tubers (edible, medicinal); because the plant is Critically Endangered, any modern collection from the wild is highly discouraged … compiled from the web.

botanical namesCeropegia maccannii Ansari … and more at POWO, retrieved August 15, 2026

Bibliography / etymology / notes
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about “where” could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken sensu amplo.

~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
yellow-head grey ceropegia
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) … spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
पिवळी खरचुडी pivli kharchudi
  • Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Maharashtra; narrow endemic

Plants of the World Online

     (POWO), retrieved August 15, 2026
~~~~~ Created on: 10:22 15-08-2026 ¦ Last updated: 11:39 15-08-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

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References:

The Plant List (Unresolved) ceropegia minks (Ceropegia maccannii M.Y.Ansari) GRIN  India Biodiversity Portal (Ceropegia maccannii M.Y.Ansari)  Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Asclepiadaceae, Volume 4 edited by Focke Albers, Ulrich Meve 

Updated on August 29, 2026

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