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Ceropegia oculata

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Hooker

Propagation

C.D.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

• The Peacock Fly Trap
• Kharpudi or Khapar-khutti (India)

Geographical Habitats

• Kerala
• Maharashtra
• Tamil Nadu - India

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland

Flowering Times

• Aug-Oct (India)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Oct (India)

Annual tuberous-rooted twiner with glabrous branches. Many-flowered cymes, bristly corolla tube, pale green flowers spotted purple, lobes green in middle with purple blotches

Edible tubers

Further References

• JDH
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Envis