Ceropegia odorata
Ceropegia odorata
Ceropegia odorata
Ceropegia odorata
MC039 : Ceropegia odorata
| Plant Category | : | Climbers |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | - |
| Synonym | : | Ceropegia blatteri; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Fragrant Ceropegia, Sulatya Kand |
| Plant Family | : | Asclepiadaceae |
| Description | : | A climber with yellowish fragrant flowers. It can only be found in areas which are almost or completely inaccessible for humans, there it climbs through the surrounding vegetation. The flowers are of a light colour in the lower part, sometimes a bit beige or pinkish, the united petals are yellow as corn. Fragrant Ceropegia is probably the only Ceropegia, whose flowers have a strong fragrance, hence the species name odorata. The flowers bloom only for some days and exhale a very strong jasmine scent. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Tarubanda |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The leaves are chewed to cure stomach pains, the juice from the tubers is used as eye medicine. Furthermore the tubers are eaten as vegetable. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: - ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Critically Endangered |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Londhe, A.N., Watve, A.V. & Ansari, M.Y. 2002. “Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve”. J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 26: 385 to 395
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| Reference | : | ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Asteridae |
| Order | : Gentianales |
| Family | : Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed family |
| Genus | : Ceropegia |
| Species | : Ceropegia odorata |