Ceropegia peulhorum   (A. Chev.)


 
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syn. -

 
distribution:

Guinea (?)
Guinea-Bissau
Mali
Mozambique
Senegal
Sierra Leone

 
The flowers of this species are very conspicuous, the flower-tube is bag-shaped upward and curved in the right angle in about the middle. It is white and decorated with large, conspicuous, claret spots. The petals cannot really called so, they are giant, compared to the remaining flowerparts and formed to funnel-like bags. They are white and a very fine, rosy-coloured, mosaic-like venation can be seen. The uppermost tip of the flower is dark brown and shows some scanty, white hair.

 
left:

Ceropegia peulhorum


Photo: by courtesy of Jean-Noel Labat

http://www.mnhn.fr

 
var. breviloba (H. Huber)

 
syn. -

 
distribution:

Central African Republic

 
left:

Ceropegia peulhorum var. breviloba


Photo: by courtesy of Jean-Noel Labat

http://www.mnhn.fr

 
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