Ceropegia macrantha   (Wight)


 
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syn. Ceropegia macrantha var. thorelii ((Costantin) H. Huber), Ceropegia raizadiana (C. R. Babu), Ceropegia thorelii (Costantin)

 
distribution:

Bhutan
India
: Chamba District / Himachal Pradesh; Sikkim; Uttarakhand; Uttar Pradesh
Kashmir
Laos
Nepal
: Ilam District, Panchthar District / Mechi
Pakistan: Abbottabad District / Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province

 
This is a climbing species, which in the wild can be found growing in the coppice of forests.

The leaves are 10 to 18 cm long, ovate to ovate-lanceolate in shape, glabrous or sparsely hairy on both sides and bear an 0,6 to 1,3 cm long petiole.

The flowers appear in many-flowered cymes.

 
 
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Ceropegia macrantha; Bhutan


Photos: by courtesy of Dr. D. B. Gurung

http://cms.cnr.edu.bt/plantdb
 
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