Pan India Bouquets

Ceropegia pubescens Wall.

Family : Apocynaceae
(Dogbane Family)
Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
Synonym(s) : Ceropegia tsaiana Tsiang
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ceropegia pubescens Wall.
Common name : Yellow Himalayan Ceropegia
Vernacular name : Ban Semi (Nepali)
Habit : Climber
Habitat : Climber on shrub
Key identification features : Flowers green spotted with purple, in stalked axillary cluster. Leaves are long stalked , ovate long-pointed , very membraneous, sparsely hairy
Flower, Fruit : July-August
Distribution :
- Sikkim : Sikkim
Native : Nepal to S. Central China
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
Literature : Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 263
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Ceropegia pubescens. Downloaded on 5 December 2023.