Ceropegia juncea - Leafless Goglet Flower

❏ Binomial Name : Ceropegia juncea Roxb.
❏ Family : Apocynacaeae
❏ Common Name : Leafless Goglet Flower
❏ Tamil Name : Pulichan
❏ IUCN status: Not Evaluated

Ceropegia juncea Botanical Description

Leafless twiners, sap watery, stem striated. Cymes axillary; peduncles 1 cm; pedicels 1 cm long. calyx 5-lobed, 5 x 1 mm, lanceolate; corolla basally inflated, curved, tube 2.5 cm long, widened at mouth, lobes 5, 3 cm long, fused at apex, inside with brown hairs; outer corona 5, with 2-fid lobes, 3 mm; inner of 5 subulate lobes; pollinia erect, pellucid along margins; ovaries 2 mm, stigma truncate. Follicles paired, 20 x 1 cm, linear-lanceolate, hooked at apex. Fl. &Fr.: October-January

Ceropegia juncea Medicinal uses

Stem is crushed with milk and taken orally for three days to cure ulcer

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