Medium Ceropegia

Appearance

Stems are slender, purple, and root tuberous. Oppositely arranged leaves are narrowly linear, lanceshaped, 5-15 cm long. Leaves are hairy with a rounded base. Flowers arise in leaf axils in clusters of 2-4. The stalk carrying the cluster is 2-4 cm long. Flower-stalks are 1-2 cm long, hairy. Flowers are 2-3 cm long, with a 2 cm long tube, slightly inflated at the base. The tube enlarges at the top, to a purple mouth. The petals at the top are purple, 1 cm long.
Flowering: August-September.

Naming

Synonym
Ceropegia evansii var. media H.Huber

Distribution

INDIA: Maharashtra - Ahmednagar (Kalsubai), Pune (Purandhar, Bhimashankar, Khandala, Sinhagad, Ambavane, Varandh), Ratnagiri (Marleshwar), Sangli (Ghotane) and Satara (Thoseghar plateau, Kas plateau) districts. Endemic.

Habitat

Grows in open forests and on slopes at altitudes from 500-1500 m.