{"id":1481067,"date":"2022-08-30T13:21:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T07:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1481067"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:09:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:39:38","slug":"ceropegia-ensifolia","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/ceropegia-ensifolia\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceropegia ensifolia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ceropegia ensifolia\u00a0<\/i>Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 52 (1864)<\/em> (syn: Ceropegia albiflora<\/em>\u00a0Hook.f.<\/a>; Ceropegia ciliata<\/em>\u00a0subsp.\u00a0ensifolia<\/em>\u00a0(Bedd.) H.Huber<\/a>);
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\nIndia (SW-Ghats (Kerala, Tamil Nadu))<\/span> as per CoL<\/a>;
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Sword-Leaf Ceropegia
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Glabrous twiner;<\/span> tuber 2.5 cm across, subglobose. Leaves to 10 x 0.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, base attenuate into a short petiole. Cymes 5-10 cm long, axillary, pubescent. Flowers green, few together; sepals 4 x 1 mm, lanceolate; corolla tube 1.5 cm long, slightly dialated below, narrow above; lobes 1.5 cm long, oblong, glabrous; outer corona 2 mm across, lobes deltoid, ciliate; inner corona spathulate, 1.5 mm long, ciliate towards base.<\/span>
\nFlowering and fruiting: August-October<\/span>
\nGrasslands<\/span>
\n(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)
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\n357 ID wild climber Ceropegia<\/a>: 14 high res. images.
\nPlease ID wild climber,
\nLocation: near Vannappuram, Thodupuzha, Idukki Dist., Kerala PIN:685607<\/span>
\nAltitude: 1500fsl<\/span>
\nFlower date: 17AUG2022, 02.25pm<\/span>
\nHabitat: wild moisture, misty rocky hill, wind<\/span>
\nPlant habit: climbing, branches, slender weak stem 022mm base diameter, perennial<\/span>
\nHeight: 02 feet<\/span>
\nLeaves: opposite, lengthy, acute, haired margins, size upto:10\u00d70.9cm<\/span>
\nFlower: axillary racemose, size:03\u00d71cm, green, non fragrant<\/span>
\nFruit:
\nSeed:
\nCamera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x<\/p>\n

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Ceropegia ensifolia\u00a0<\/i>Bedd.<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is\u00a0Ceropegia ensifolia<\/i>, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant,<\/p>\n

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References:
\nPOWO<\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 BSI Flora of India Checklist<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of peninsular India<\/a> Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0IBIS Flora<\/a>
\nTaxonomic revision of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) in India<\/a> (pdf), Kambale S.S. & S.R. Yadav, Rheedea Vol. 29(1): 01\u2013115 (2019)
\nIllustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Asclepiadaceae …, Volume 4<\/a>\u00a0edited by Focke Albers, Ulrich Meve<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ceropegia ensifolia\u00a0Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 52 (1864) (syn: Ceropegia albiflora\u00a0Hook.f.; Ceropegia ciliata\u00a0subsp.\u00a0ensifolia\u00a0(Bedd.) H.Huber); . India (SW-Ghats (Kerala, Tamil Nadu)) as per CoL; . Common name:\u00a0Sword-Leaf Ceropegia . Glabrous twiner; tuber 2.5 cm across, subglobose. Leaves to 10 x 0.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, base attenuate into a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5145],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1481067","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-ceropegia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1481067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1481067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1481067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1481067"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1481067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}