Spotted Ceropegia
Ceropegia maculata
- Habit
- Climber
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- September-November
How to identify Spotted Ceropegia
Identify Spotted 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: Distinctly spotted (maculate) petals.
- Confirm leaf shape: Broad oval.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow-green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Asclepiadaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Spotted Ceropegia.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ceropegia maculata
- Genus
- Ceropegia
- Family
- Asclepiadaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Broad ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Spotted 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 Spotted Ceropegia itself; the rest are typical of the Asclepiadaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Spotted Ceropegia
A member of the Asclepiadaceae family, Spotted Ceropegia (Ceropegia maculata) is a climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. Flowering and fruiting run from September to November.
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Spotted Ceropegia belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
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