Kammanamkizhangu / Mysore Ceropegia
Ceropegia elegans
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- July-April
How to identify Kammanamkizhangu
Identify Kammanamkizhangu by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Broad oval.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kammanamkizhangu.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ceropegia elegans
- Genus
- Ceropegia
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kammanamkizhangu itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellow-greenrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kammanamkizhangu itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Kammanamkizhangu
About Kammanamkizhangu
A member of the Asclepiadaceae family, Mysore Ceropegia (Ceropegia elegans) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and 2 other states. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to April.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Kammanamkizhangu belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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