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| distribution:
India: Kolhapur District, Pune District, Ratnagari District, Satara District / Maharashtra |
| Ceropegia
evansii obviously prefers to grow in the thick canopy of stands of
Karvi (Strobilanthes callosus), where the plants are only difficult
to locate. [2] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a twining climber with an 2 to 6 cm wide, subterranean storage tuber. The stem is almost always unbranched and not or only slightly pubescent. The leaves are 7 to 14 cm long, 3 to 7 cm wide and ovate or ovate-lanceolate in shape. The flowers stand in few flowered inflorescences, they are about 6 cm long. The lower part is light grey or whitish in colour and sometimes shows faint greyish lines. The petals are white in their lower half and pale yellow in their upper. Ceropegia evansii was already believed to be extinct, but was rediscovered later. But like many other indian species, it is still very threatened. [1] |
 left:Ceropegia evansii Photo: Preeti Patil; by courtesy of Preeti Patil http://www.indianaturewatch.net/view_cat.php?tag=Preeti%20Patil |
| References: [1] P. Tetali; S. Tetali; P. Lakshminarasimhan; P. V. Prasanna; B. G. Kulkarni: Rediscovery of Ceropegia evansii McCann, Asclepiadaceae, from Maharashtra. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 100: 162-166. 2003 [2] S. R. Yadav; Mayur Y. Kamble: Threatened Ceropegias of the Western Ghats and Strategies for Their Conservation. Special Habitats and Threatened Plants of India. ENVIS Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected Areas, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India. Vol. 11(1): 146-157. 2008 |