Common name: Rolle's Ceropegia • Marathi: खरपुडी Kharpudi
Botanical name: Ceropegia rolleii Family: Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family)
Rolle's Ceropegia is a tall erect, tuberous herb, Endemic
to Western Ghats of Maharashtra. Stem pubescent. Leaves ovate, puberulous
above. Cymes subaxillary and terminal, many flowered, peduncle and
pedicals hirsute. Flower 2.3-3.5 cm long, tube 1.5-2.5 cm long, base
slightly inflated, inside aring of haors at the bottom, rest
glabrous; petals 8-13 x 2.5 mm, linear oblong, hairless. Outer corona of
five short, entire or notched lobes, ciliate, inner erect,
subclavate. Flowering: August-September.
| Photographed in Sahyadri Hills, Maharashtra. |
Identification credit: Navendu Pāgé
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