Ceropegia imbricata   (E. A. Bruce & P. R. O. Bally)


 
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syn. Ceropegia intracolor (L. E. Newton)

 
distribution:

Kenya: Kajiado District / Rift Valley Province

 
This species is a smaller climbing plant from the savannah grasslands and the nearby bushland.

In P. G. Archer's 'Kenya Ceropegia Scrapbook' this species is pictured under the roman numeral V as 'Embakazi'.

 
References:

- 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)
- 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