Ceropegia aristolochioides Decne.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Ceropegia

Characteristics

A twining herb. It can be 5 m long. The leaves are heart shaped. The flowers are clustered at the ends of the stalk. They are dark purple.
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Flowers clustered at the end of a peduncle scarcely 1 in. long, dark purple and mottled, about 1 in. long.
A glabrous half-succulent twiner;
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Not known
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Usage

The roots are cooked and eaten. The leaves are cooked and eaten.
Uses food medicinal
Edible leaves roots tubers
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95454-1
WFO ID wfo-0000598016
COL ID T2YF
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Synonyms

Ceropegia aristolochioides Ceropegia aristolochioides subsp. albertina Ceropegia aristolochioides var. wittei Ceropegia volubilis var. crassicaulis

Lower taxons

Ceropegia aristolochioides subsp. deflersiana Ceropegia aristolochioides subsp. aristolochioides