Ceropegia kachinensis   (Prain)


 
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distribution:

Burma: Kachin Province

 
This species is a moderate sized twining liana.

The short petioled leaves are about 8 cm long and broadly egg-shaped, on the upper part of the stem they are acute lancet-shaped and 5 to 6 cm long.

The flowers stand in few flowered cymes and reach a length of about 2 cm, they remind on the flowers of Ceropegia hirsuta.

 
References:

- W. John Kress; Robert A DeFilipps; Ellen Farr; Daw Yin Yin Kyi: A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, and Climbers of Myanmar. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 45: 1-590. 2003