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| syn. Ceropegia angusta (N. E. Br.), Ceropegia atacorensis (A. Chev.), Ceropegia bajana (Schltr. ex Bullock), Ceropegia biddumana (K. Schum.), Ceropegia butaguensis (De Wild.), Ceropegia cynanchoides (Schltr.), Ceropegia glabripedicellata (De Wild.), Ceropegia gourmacea (A. Chev.), Ceropegia hochstetteri (Chiov.), Ceropegia kamerunensis (Schltr.), Ceropegia pedunculata (Turrill), Ceropegia racemosa (N. E. Br.), Ceropegia racemosa ssp. glabra (H. Huber), Ceropegia racemosa ssp. secamonoides ((S. Moore) H. Huber), Ceropegia ruspoliana (K. Schum.), Ceropegia secamonoides (S. Moore), Ceropegia setifera var. natalensis (N. E. Br.) |
| distribution: Angola Botswana Burkina Faso: Kadiogo Province Eritrea Ethiopia Guinea Kenya: Kiambu District, Thika District / Central Province; Kilifi District, Kwale District, Taita-Taveta District / Coast Province; Machakos District, Meru District / Eastern Province; Nairobi District / Nairobi Province; Kajiado District, Laikipia District, Samburu District, West Pokot District / Rift Valley Province; Bungoma District / Western Province Madagascar Namibia Nigeria: Adamawa Senegal Somalia South-Africa: Eastern Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North-West Province, Western Cape Swaziland Uganda Yemen: Socotra Zimbabwe |
| This species is a smaller,
about 1 m long climbing plant. It is similar to Ceropegia carnosa in
almost every parts, but the flower is hirsute inside the whole flower
tube, whereas in Ceropegia carnosa the flower tube is only haired in the
upper part. Plants, that were found growing at the kenyan coast, may be a distinct, up to now unnamed variety. Only recently (2004) this species was found on Socotra Island, where it is now the only member of its genus known so far. This may be the same 'unknown' species which was found in the year 1968 by J. Lavranos on Socotra Island. In Ethiopia it is named Shamo or Shamu. |
 left:Ceropegia affinis Photo: by courtesy of Jean-Noel Labat http://www.mnhn.fr |
| clones: Ceropegia affinis clone 1 Ceropegia affinis clone 2 Ceropegia affinis clone 3 |
| References: - J.-P. Lebrun; G. Fotius: Plantes nouvelles ou intéressantes pour la flore de la République de Sénégal. Bull.Soc.Bot.Fr., 114 (5-6): 211-220 (1967) - P. G. Archer: Kenya Ceropegia Scrapbook. Notes and records of some Kenya Ceropegia. Hobart (AUS): Artemis Pup. Consultans. 1992 - Focke Albers; Ulrich Meve: Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Asclepiadaceae; Springer (November 4, 2002) - P. V. Bruyns: New species in Echidnopsis and Secamone and new records of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae) from Socotra. Edinburgh J. Bot 61:7–19. (2004) - Luke Quentin: Annotaded checklist of the plants of the Shimba Hills, Kwale District, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 94(1):5-120. 2005 - Jeff Ollerton; Siro Masinde; Ulrich Meve; Mike Picker; Andrew Whittington: Fly pollination in Ceropegia (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae): biogeographic and phylogenetic perspectives. Annals of Botany 2009 103(9): 1501-1514 |