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| syn. Ceropegia ampliata var. oxyloba (H. Huber), Ceropegia ampliata ssp. insulicola [wrong], Ceropegia ampliata ssp. madagascariensis (Lavranos), Ceropegia ampullata [wrong], Ceropegia triebneri [wrong] |
| distribution:
Botswana Kenya: Kwale District, Taita-Taveta District / Coast Province Madagascar: Ihosy District / Fianarantsoa Province Mozambique South-Africa: Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga Swaziland Tanzania |
| This climbing
species has tiny, lancet-shaped leaves, which are getting dropped real soon. In contrast the flowers are really giant. They are mostly white on the outside and sometimes more or less striped greenish, they exhale a very fine fragrance, but only when solar radiation is high. It is important not to move the plant when it is flowering, because then the flowers would be dropped. In Mozambique this species is called Mete. The plants that grow in the Southwest of Madagascar, are absolutely inseparable from those of the african continent. |
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| above: Ceropegia ampliata Photo: by courtesy of Cameron and Rhoda McMaster http://africanbulbs.com |
| References: - P. G. Archer: Kenya Ceropegia Scrapbook. Notes and records of some Kenya Ceropegia. Hobart (AUS): Artemis Pup. Consultans. 1992 |