✿Asclepiadaceae · Ceropegia
Kada Khantudi / Huber's Ceropegia
Ceropegia huberi
Climberoutdoor
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ceropegia huberi
- Genus
- Ceropegia
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Maharashtra
- Conservation status
- EN
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves are hairy, lance-shaped.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“The leaves are hairy, lance-shaped.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kada Khantudi itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“It differs from any other Indian Ceropegia in having pure white, depressed star-shaped corolla, instead of a tubular elongated one.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kada Khantudi itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Marathi
- Kada Khantudi
About Kada Khantudi
Huber'S Ceropegia (Ceropegia huberi) belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family, where it grows as a climber. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra.
Botanical family
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Kada Khantudi belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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