Apocynaceae FAMILY

Ceropegia bulbosa

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Ceropegia bulbosa is a perennial climbing plant producing herbaceous shoots up to 2 metres long that trail along the ground or twine around other plants for support[ 385 Title Bihrmann's Caudiciforms Publication Author Website http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An internet site giving information on caudiciform plants (plants with swollen stem bases such as the Baobab tree, cycads and many succulents). Excellent photos, usually of cultivated plants in pots. , 615 Title Pharmacographia Indica Publication Author Dymock W.; Warden C.J.H.; Hooper D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Education Society's Press, Byculla; Mombai. Year 1890 ISBN Description Information on the principal plant medicines encountered in India in the 19th century. ]. The plant is often harvested from the wild for its edible leaves and tuber, which are eaten locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - India, Pakistan.

HabitatGrows amongst bushes, in dry barren uncultivated ground and hedges[ 666 Title Plants of the Coast of Coromandel Publication Author Roxburgh W. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Year 1795 ISBN Description Gives information on the uses of plants growing on the southeastern coast of India. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].