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Jaini
Ceropegia

Endangered

Unknown

Jaini Ceropegia

Ceropegia jainii

Jaini Ceropegia is a small erect herb, with tuberous root. Tubers are hairless.Slender stem is green with oppositely arranged leaves. Leaves are linear-lanceshaped, hairy on both sides, margins with stiff hairs. Flowers occur singly in leaf axils. Sepals are lance-shaped. Flowers are tubular, with the tube enlarged at the base and white. Five narrow linear petals are reddish-purple, and hairy at the base. Sometimes the flower is completely purplish-red.

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Regional Names
  • Marathi:
    जैनी खरचुडी
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Taxanomy

GENTIANALES
ASCLEPIADACEAE
Ceropegia jainii

Quick Facts
  • It is a very rare and threatened herb, endemic to the Sahyadri Hills.
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