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Ceropegia juncea

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Roxburgh

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• Bella-gada (Telingas)
• Kanvel (India)

Geographical Habitats

• India
• NW. Myanmar
• N. Sri Lanka

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• hedgerows.

Flowering Times

• Aug-Oct (India)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (India)

Glabrous twiner with many-flowered cymes, greenish-yellow flowers speckled & veined with purple, follicles to 175mm long, tuberous root

Further References

• JDH
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• Kew
• Envis