Ceropegia maccannii Ansari

seer-oh-PEEJ-ee-uh -- from the Greek keros (wax) and pege (fountain) ... Dave's Botanary
muhk-KAN-ee-eye -- named for Charles McCann, an eminent British-Indian naturalist, systematic botanist ... compiled from the web

commonly known as: yellow-head grey ceropegia • Marathi: पिवळी खरचुडी pivli kharchudi

known for / parts made use of: roots and tubers (edible, medicinal); because the plant is Critically Endangered, any modern collection from the wild is highly discouraged ... compiled from the web.

botanical names: Ceropegia maccannii Ansari ... and more at POWO, retrieved August 15, 2026

Bibliography / etymology / notes

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written and spoken widely, in most parts of India

yellow-head grey ceropegia

• for want of name, name coined by Flowers of India ... (accessed: August 15, 2026)

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

पिवळी खरचुडी pivli kharchudi

• Flowers of Sahyadri by Shrikant Ingalhalikar, the first among the three field guides to identify plants of northern Western Ghats of India, based on flowers

~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Maharashtra; narrow endemic

Plants of the World Online (POWO), retrieved August 15, 2026

~~~~~ Created on: 10:22 15-08-2026 ¦ Last updated: 11:39 15-08-2026 (DD-MM-YYYY) ~~~~~

Apocynaceae perennial endemic herb "Ceropegia maccannii" "yellow-head grey ceropegia"

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