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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above: Ceropegia macrantha; Bhutan Photos: by courtesy of Dr. D. B. Gurung http://cms.cnr.edu.bt/plantdb |
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