{"id":1500837,"date":"2023-12-09T15:28:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T09:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1500837"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:08:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:38:28","slug":"ceropegia-maculata","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/ceropegia-maculata\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceropegia maculata"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ceropegia maculata\u00a0<\/i>Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 52 (1864);
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\nIndia (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka<\/span> as per Catalogue of Life<\/a>;
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\nS. India<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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\nCommon name:<\/b>\u00a0Spotted Ceropegia
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Slender glabrous herbs. <\/span>Leaves to 8.5 x 5.5 cm, ovate, acute or acuminate, base obtuse or rounded, membranous; nerves 3 pairs; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Peduncles shorter than the petioles. Flowers few to many, subumbellate; pedicel 1 cm long; sepals 3 mm long, linear; corolla to 1.8 cm long, base slightly inflated, greenish-violet on lower 2\/3, white above, thinly villous in a ring inside, lobes 4 mm long, ovate, bluish-green, sparsely hairy; outer corona of 5 lobes, each deeply divided, hairy at base; inner corona linear as long as or slightly longer than the outer.<\/span>
\nFlowering and fruiting: September-November<\/span>
\nSemi-evergreen forests<\/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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\n506 ID wild climber Ceropegia<\/a>: 10 very high res. images.
\nPlease ID wild climber
\nLocation: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA<\/span>
\nAltitude: 1500fsl<\/span>
\nFlower date: 02NOV2023, 02.50pm<\/span>
\nHabitat: wild moisture rocky evergreen misty sloppy canopied alpine <\/span>
\nPlant habit: twining climber, branches, weak cylindrical smooth stem 04mm base diameter, annual<\/span>
\nHost plant: Bamboo<\/span>
\nHeight: 02 meters<\/span>
\nLeaves: opposite heart shaped acute fleshy leathery glossy, size upto: 06\u00d73.5cm<\/span>
\nFlower: axillary umbel inflorescence, size: 03x 0.3cm, whitish green, non fragrant<\/span>
\nFruit:
\nSeed:
\nCamera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x<\/p>\n

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Ceropegia evansii\u00a0<\/i>Mc Cann !<\/p>\n

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Yes, it is\u00a0Ceropegia evansii\u00a0<\/i>dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant<\/p>\n

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Someone commented that it is C. maculata<\/em>? at Flora of Western ghats. I observe some similarities also.<\/p>\n

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I think he is right !<\/p>\n

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But what about my plant’s umbel flower buds’ count and broad leaves?<\/p>\n

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Thank you very much for sharing more information. I observed many similarities, please confirm if it is C. evansii<\/em> or maculata.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Could not decide but looks more close to evansii<\/em> !<\/p>\n

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\nThank you very much for your reply. Sharing fruit image.<\/div>\n
Fruit: paired elongated glabrous purplish green cylindrical size: 01 feet length, 4mm diameter.
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I guess it is maculata<\/em><\/p>\n
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References:
\nPOWO<\/a> \u00a0 Catalogue of Life<\/a> \u00a0Flora of peninsular India<\/a> India Flora Online<\/a>\u00a0 Flowers of India<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0IBIS Flora<\/a>
\nRediscovery of Ceropegia maculata Bedd. (Apocynaceae: Ceropegieae) after 154 years from Tamil Nadu, India<\/a>– January 2018- Rajasekar Chinnaiyan, Jeevith Selvaraj, Ramalingam Kottaimuthu (Abstract: Ceropegia maculata Bedd. has been rediscovered after a period of 154 years from Tamil Nadu. A detailed description and other relevant information are provided based on recent collections. A key to the species of section Janthina Huber in Western Ghats is also provided.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ceropegia maculata\u00a0Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 52 (1864); . India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; . S. India as per POWO; . Common name:\u00a0Spotted Ceropegia . Slender glabrous herbs. Leaves to 8.5 x 5.5 cm, ovate, acute or acuminate, base obtuse or…<\/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-1500837","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\/1500837","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=1500837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1500837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1500837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1500837"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1500837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}