Ceropegia cochleata Kidyoo

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Scientific name

Ceropegia cochleata
Kidyoo

Clade/Class

Mesangiosperms

Group

Spermatophytes

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Ceropegia

Clade/Subclass

Asterids

Order

Gentianales

Sub Family

Asclepiadoideae

Tribe

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Decumbent or twining herb, with clear latex in all parts. Leaves opposite; elliptic, oblong to lanceolate, coriaceous, acute to attenuate at base, acute to acuminate at apex; margins entire, slightly revolute, ciliate. Inflorescences as 1–2-flowered cymes, extra-axillary. Sepals pale green or reddish brown, linear-lanceolate, sharply acute at apex, abaxially pubescent. Corolla tubular–funnel-shaped, upright, curved; corolla tube yellowish white to pinkish white with reddish brown bands or dots, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, inflated at base; mouth of the tube covered with long white hairs; corolla lobes narrowly lanceolate, basal part not twirled, yellow, midrib with long white hairs, folded outward in half lengthwise, upper part abruptly narrowed to a slender tail (tightly twisted in bud), loosely twisted. Corona double. Pollinium broadly ovoid, yellow. Follicles usually 2, linear-lanceolate in outline, green when young but turning reddish brown with age. Seeds oblong; coma silky white.

Habitat

It often grows in moist, sandy soil or sandy rock substrate in open areas in hill evergreen forests at about 1300 m a.s.l.

Locality

Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park, Pitsanulok Province

Date of collection

11/06/2013

Type specimen

M. Kidyoo 1596(holotype: BCU, isotype: BKF)