Ceropegia pubescens Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Ceropegia

Characteristics

Rootstock a cluster of fusiform roots. Stems herbaceous, twining to 1 m, glabrescent. Petiole 3-4.5 cm, villous; leaf blade ovate or rarely oblong, 4-15 × 1-6 cm, membranous, adaxially villous, base rounded, apex acuminate; lateral veins ca. 5 pairs. Inflorescences shorter than leaves, ca. 8-flowered; peduncle ca. 2.5 cm, glabrescent. Pedicel ca. 1 cm, puberulent. Sepals lanceolate, ca. 1.5 × 0.5 cm. Corolla yellow, 5-5.5 cm; tube 3-3.5 cm, base slightly inflated, throat 3-5 mm in diam., narrower than base; lobes linear, 2-2.5 cm, basal ca. 1 cm orange-yellow, wider and strongly revolute, apical part ± subulate, purple. Outer corona obscurely 5-lobed, setose; inner lobes linear, much longer. Follicles narrowly fusiform, ca. 13 cm × 2 mm. Seeds lanceolate, ca. 10 × 1 mm; coma ca. 3.5 cm. Fl. Jul-Sep. 2n = 20.
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A climbing herb. It has a thickened rootstock. The stems are twining.
Life form perennial
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It is a tropical plant. In Nepal it grows between 900-2,700 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

It mentions the young beans eaten as a vegetable. Usually with Ceropegia it is the roots that are eaten.
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Images

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Distribution

Ceropegia pubescens world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:95730-1
WFO ID wfo-0000598418
COL ID T3N4
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Synonyms

Ceropegia pubescens Ceropegia tsaiana