Sword-Leaf Ceropegia
Ceropegia ensifolia
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering
- August-October
How to identify Sword-Leaf Ceropegia
Identify Sword-Leaf Ceropegia 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Sword-shaped narrow leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Narrow lance/sword-shaped.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Sword-Leaf Ceropegia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ceropegia ensifolia
- Genus
- Ceropegia
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Grasslands
- Habitat type
- Grassland
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Narrow lance/sword-shapedrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Sword-Leaf Ceropegia 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 Sword-Leaf Ceropegia itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Sword-Leaf Ceropegia
A member of the Asclepiadaceae family, Sword-Leaf Ceropegia (Ceropegia ensifolia) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It grows in grasslands. Flowering and fruiting run from August to October.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Sword-Leaf Ceropegia belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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