Ceropegia albisepta   (Jum. & H. Perrier)


 
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syn. Ceropegia albisepta var. bruceana (H. Huber), Ceropegia albisepta ssp. bruceana [falsch], Ceropegia albisepta var. robynsiana ((Werderm.) H. Huber), Ceropegia albisepta ssp. robynsoniana [falsch], Ceropegia albisepta var. succulenta [falsch], Ceropegia evelynae (E. A. Bruce & P. R. O. Bally), Ceropegia robynsiana (Werderm.), Ceropegia robysiana [wrong]; Ceropegia succulenta (E. A. Bruce), Ceropegia succulenta 'EA Bruce' [wrong]

 
distribution:

Congo (?)
Kenya: Thika District / Central Province; Taita-Taveta District / Coast Province; Marsabit District / Eastern Province; Ngong Hills / Kajiado District; Nakuru District / Rift Valley Province
Madagascar: Mahajanga Province; Toliara Province
Uganda: Tororo District / Eastern Province

 
Ceropegia albisepta is a fast growing, very large climbing plant.

The leaves are ovate, succulent and about 5 cm long and 3 cm broad. The stand on a ca. 2,5 cm long petiole. The main veins of the leaf are very light coloured and easy to see.

 
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Ceropegia albisepta


Photo: by courtesy of Dennis De Kock

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clones:

Ceropegia albisepta clone 1

Ceropegia albisepta clone 2

 
References:

- P. G. Archer: Kenya Ceropegia Scrapbook. Notes and records of some Kenya Ceropegia. Hobart (AUS): Artemis Pup. Consultans. 1992