Ceropegia cufodontii   (Chiov.)


 
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distribution:

Ethiopia: Arero District / Oromia Province
Kenya: Baringo District, Laikipia District, Nakuru District, Nandi District / Rift Valley Province; Bungoma District / Western Province
Uganda

 
Ceropegia cufodontii grows twining, the stems are very thin and not succulent. The leaves are heart-shaped and hairy.

The flowers appear mostly allone, are very light beige, almost white on the outside and light yellow on the inside.

This species prefers a shadier place.

 
References:

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