(Apocynaceae) Ceropegia candelabrum L.

Local name(s): ເຄືອ ​ຂົນ ( kheua khon)

Medicinal use(s): To treat cases of paralyses.

Part(s) used: whole plant

Field Characters: Pubescent vine, latex white, scanty, plant sterile.

Locality: Luang Prabang Province, Pak Ou district, Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve above Somsanouk village. GPS reading: 20o 03.990’ N; 102o 16.534’ E.

Habitat: Subtropical monsoon forest on steep slope, ascending to the base of limestone mountain that rises precipitously to a peak of ca. 1000 m asl. Greater part of vegetation cover was leafless at the time of this fieldwork.

Altitude: 390 m asl. 

Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue

Collection number(s): DDS 15431

Collection Date: February 2, 2020

Additional information:  

Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA under accession no. 2330001.

Synonyms, images, taxonomic description: 

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Useful references:


Binish T, Pushpa R. Pharmaceutical and nutraceutics on three endemic species of Ceropegia Sp. Annals of Plant Sciences [S.l.] 2018, v. 7, n. 5, pp. 2221-2225. doi:https://doi.org/10.21746/aps.2018.7.5.3.

Murali M, Mahendra C, Rajashekar N, et al. Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of biosynthesized zinc oxide nanoparticles from Ceropegia candelabrum L. - An endemic species. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2017 179:104-109. DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2017.02.027


Muthukrishnan S, Franklin Benjamin JH, Sathishkannan G, et al. In vitro Propagation of Genus Ceropegia and Retrosynthesis of Cerpegin - A Review. Int J Pharm Sci Rev Res 2013, 22(2), no. 56: 315-330.  www.globalresearchonline.net    

Pullaiah T, Karuppusamy S, Sri Rama Murthy K. (2019). Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Ceropegia Species. In book: Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India, pp.221-254. DOI:10.1201/9780429061233-5