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 |