MC039 : Ceropegia odorata |
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| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : |
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| Class |
: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Order |
: Gentianales |
| Family |
: Asclepiadaceae - Milkweed family |
| Genus |
: Ceropegia |
| Species |
: Ceropegia odorata |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : |
Tarubanda |
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| Plant Category : |
Climbers |
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| Plant's Current Status : |
Critically Endangered |
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| Plant Family : |
Asclepiadaceae |
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| Plant Common Name : |
Fragrant Ceropegia, Sulatya Kand |
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| Synonym : |
Ceropegia blatteri
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| 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. |
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| Curated 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. |
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| Plant's Phytochemicals : |
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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 :
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